Joel Barlow Quotes
He open'd calm the universal cause, To give each realm its limit and its laws, Bid the last breath of tired contention cease, And bind all regions in the leagues of peace; Till one confederate, condependent sway Spread with the sun and bound the walks of day, One centred system, one all-ruling soul Live thro the parts and regulate the whole.
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I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works.
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Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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You may be pulling from different influences because of different things that are going on in your life, different people that are around you and more experiences to pull from.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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I was never the girl who tore pictures out of wedding magazines.
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I was hired because I am Zsa Zsa Gabor, but when I go to work, directors try to force their methods on me. John Huston's intense, precise directions tortured me.
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Stardom happens - you can't plan it - it's destiny, and you shouldn't stand between you and your destiny. I'm letting my destiny play its part, and I go by my gut feeling. If I like my role, I say yes; if I don't, I just refuse, as simple as that.
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I like Noah from 'The Notebook.' One - hundred percent. I fall in love with him so hard.
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Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six.
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In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.
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I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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If I get too type-cast, that's the worst possible scenario.
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I am a big, confident, happy woman who had a loving childhood, a pleasant career, and a wonderful marriage. I feel very lucky.
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I think subsuming political and economic conflicts into some grand 'clash of civilisations' theory or 'the West versus the rest' binary is a particularly insidious form of ideological deception.
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From an evolutionary standpoint, human consciousness has not been around very long. A little light just went on after four and a half billion years. How often does that happen? Maybe it is quite rare.
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Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves.
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The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
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There's a tremendous amount to be gained from being a performer, and being an artist, and being an actor.
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He open'd calm the universal cause, To give each realm its limit and its laws, Bid the last breath of tired contention cease, And bind all regions in the leagues of peace; Till one confederate, condependent sway Spread with the sun and bound the walks of day, One centred system, one all-ruling soul Live thro the parts and regulate the whole.
