Joyce Kilmer Quotes
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It's very scary to turn things down, but a project has to really mean something to me. I'm not interested in making a lot of money.
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Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause.
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Man has an innate capacity for violence, but can only justify it in the name of justice.
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Some white people hate black people, and some white people love black people, some black people hate white people, and some black people love white people. So you see it's not an issue of black and white, it's an issue of Lovers and Haters.
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Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.
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People don't know that when there is something running in my mind, I start smiling. If I'm angry, I smile and blush.
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It's rare that I turn down a photo or autograph, because these are the people that support me, so why not support them. I love it and I invite it. I love what I do and the whole 'celebrity' life and all that.
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I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.
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You make observations, write theories to fit them, try experiments to disprove the theories and, if you can't, you've got something.
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We have been fortunate enough to do something that has always been out of the mainstream and yet have an audience for what we do.
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I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that's how I started my career.
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I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.
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'A Tale of Two Gardens'
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You are only three or four hours from taking your glasses off for keeps.
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Make sure that your religion is a matter between you and God only.
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When you're an artist, you're working, literally, for the sole purpose of art, and when people discredit you, it's probably the most disrespectful thing you can do.
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I'm there to support my kids no matter what happens. I just do the best I can, just like anybody else would for their family.
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I grew up watching horror films from a very young age. My sister was never able to watch scary movies; I don't think she'll ever watch mine because she's just so bad at it. Its funny because I'm the complete opposite: I love to be scared. I love to have that fear before you go to bed, and you're like, 'Oh my God, please, nothing come out.'
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In the digital age, there are a million and one ways to find out what someone you fancy is doing - but remember, they can see when you're watching their Instagram stories. If you fall deep into a hole of snooping, resist flicking through the digital diaries of their exes, or at least learn to cover your tracks.
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I've been jailed once, put in police lock-up twice, and was under house arrest twice.
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Understanding the importance of evolving is very important. Reinventing is very important. To break what you have already done is very important. That growth should never stop.
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I'm more influenced by people's attitudes and spirits than by their particular style. Whether it's Elsie de Wolfe or Pauline de Rothschild, I always admire women who had a vision and stuck to it. Because ultimately, the way you live has to be a reflection of you.
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There is no place in which to hide when Age comes seeking for his bride.
