Helen Keller Quotes
For three things I thank God every day of my life: thanks that he has vouchsafed me knowledge of his works; deep thanks that he has set in my darkness the lamp of faith; deep, deepest thanks that I have another life to look forward to--a life joyous with light and flowers and heavenly song.
Quotes to Explore
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
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When I was a kid, I would come home from school, throw my bag, go out to play. My daughter comes home from school, throws her bag, goes to play, but sitting in front of the computer because their definition of play has changed. They don't go out to play. They play on the computer with their friends.
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In the late '90s, I spent a lot of time on reservations, and there was a level of poverty and injustice that I had not witnessed before. I was shocked by it. This is federally controlled land, and there was an insidious mix of apathy and exploitation.
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Those of us raised in modern cities tend to notice horizontal and vertical lines more quickly than lines at other orientations. In contrast, people raised in nomadic tribes do a better job noticing lines skewed at intermediate angles, since Mother Nature tends to work with a wider array of lines than most architects.
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I'm a mother of a three-year-old, but when I started 'California,' my son wasn't even a twinkle in my eye. Because the book took as long as it did, I wrote it before I was pregnant, while I was pregnant, and as a new mother - so I enjoyed a diversity of experiences while creating this world.
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Music evokes a lot of different emotions and triggers different senses.
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You can't teach the old maestro a new tune.
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I come from the place of thinking, 'Whatever works for people' - and if you haven't been exposed to anything else, you really don't know better.
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I like black because it is a vacant space.
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The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.
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Poet: 'Straton wanders among the Scythian nomads, but has no linen garment. He is sad at only wearing an animal's pelt and no tunic.' Do you get what I mean? Pisthetaerus: I understand that you want me to offer you a tunic. Hi! you (To the acolyte.) take off yours; we must help the poet. (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
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I only travel with one suitcase - Mulberry does an incredible one. I always check it; the TSA restrictions are so tricky.
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Everyone expects me to be 9 feet tall and weigh 200 pounds when they meet me.
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There are tons of black girls modeling, and each one is special.
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We are a categorically obsessed culture, where we have to compartmentalize everything in reference to another thing, like, 'What does it sound like? Does it sound like this?'
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It's hard to write a song about reality because reality doesn't rhyme.
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You can be sexy and feel good in your skin, no matter what size you are.
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I'm always interested to meet my friends' parents, or who they were raised by. Where they grew up, I always find very interesting.
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You know you're ugly when you go to the proctologist and he sticks his finger in your mouth.
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Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.
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I know that some filmmakers strive for a kind of naturalistic approach, but you're never going to capture something that's really natural - just the simple fact that you choose to put a frame around something means that you've already chosen one particular thing to put more attention on.
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With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.
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I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
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For three things I thank God every day of my life: thanks that he has vouchsafed me knowledge of his works; deep thanks that he has set in my darkness the lamp of faith; deep, deepest thanks that I have another life to look forward to--a life joyous with light and flowers and heavenly song.
