Eudora Welty Quotes
How can you go out on a limb if you do not know your own tree? No art ever came out of not risking your neck. And risk--experiment--is a considerable part of the joy of doing.
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With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog named Lola.
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Prejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thinking mind. It means you don't see the other human being anymore, but only your own concept of that human being. To reduce the aliveness of another human being to a concept is already a form of violence.
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I didn't choose acting. The universe did.
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When I think of a story, somehow it just always seems to come out involving spooks and spies and government skullduggery.
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The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.
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Tell a man that he is putting on a stage performance in order to get what he wants, and he will irritably reject your observation. Why? Because most people go through life as cunning actors with a permanent horror of getting found out.
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The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old house.
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Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing.
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Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
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I probably enjoy campaigning more than most other people in public office because I like people and I enjoy going out there and telling people what I've done.
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As an actor, you put yourself out there. You put yourself in the arena as an easy target.
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All of my judges will want to welcome every child into the world, give them a place at the table.
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The museums are here to teach the history of art and something more as well, for, if they stimulate in the weak a desire to imitate, they furnish the strong with the means of their emancipation.
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I was in the canon When Absalom was slain. I was in Llys Don Before the birth of Gwydion.
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Q: If you find so much that is unworthy of reverence in the United States, then why do you live here? A: Why do men go to zoos?
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Night's darkness is a bag that bursts with the gold of the dawn.
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The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
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I hate performers who debase great works of art; I long for their annihilation.
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Most startup entrepreneurs unnecessarily spend half their time and give up half their equity in search of funding from angel investors and venture capitalists. Tens of millions of dollars are available to them for free from partners who not only don't want their equity, they don't even want to be paid back.
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I wasn't sold on 3-D until it was in my own home. The images jump out at you, even more so than in the theater, because you're in tighter quarters and you're closer to the TV, so it feels like the depth is very dramatic.
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In many parts of the world, women and girls are especially vulnerable to HIV/AIDS because they lack control over most aspects of their life. Cultural expectations and gender roles expose women and girls to violence, sexual exploitation and far greater risk for infection.
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How can you go out on a limb if you do not know your own tree? No art ever came out of not risking your neck. And risk--experiment--is a considerable part of the joy of doing.
