Eudora Welty Quotes
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.
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I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt.
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The religions that fascinate me and, you know, could possibly tempt me are not the ones that involve faith or belief. They're the ones that offer you the opportunity to know the spirit or deity.
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You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.
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For far too long, virtually every time Americans have been asked to make 'tough choices,' it has resulted in disproportionate harm for hardworking Americans and retirees.
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Medals are great encouragement to young men and lead them to feel their work is of value, I remember how keenly I felt this when in the 1890s. I received the Darwin Medal and the Huxley Medal. When one is old, one wants no encouragement and one goes on with one's work to the extent of one's power, because it has become habitual.
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I don't fear death, it must be like a long sleep.
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It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.
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I like looking at geniuses and listening to beautiful people.
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If I couldn't laugh, I'd rather die.
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Honestly, if I can plan out a few meals ahead of time, I feel much more organized.
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An idea is a feat of association, and the height of it is a good metaphor.
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My grandparents back in Kentucky owned a tobacco farm. So to make money in the summer we could cut and chop and top and house and strip the tobacco.
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The greatest remedy that is used against a plan of the enemy is to do voluntarily what he plans that you do by force.
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I think the things that are more painful to me are not the intrusion of paparazzi, it's the lack of civility that I find more intimidating and far more painful an experience. It's the lack of critical thinking. It's the endless snarky, mean way we talk about each other, we approach each other. The anonymity of being cruel, the delight in tearing people down. The tabloid era that we find ourselves in is a cultural boneyard, and that is painful to me.
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The sincerity of feeling that is possible between a writer and a reader is one of the finest things I know.
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A writer is a reader moved to emulation.
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I'm a great reader that never has time to read.
