Sara Teasdale Quotes
Take love when love is given, But never think to find it A sure escape from sorrow Or a complete repose.
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In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
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I'm a mom, and my view of public education begins and ends with the fundamental question: Is this good for children?
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Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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I think the purpose of a piece of music is significant when it actually lives in somebody else. A composer puts down a code, and a performer can activate the code in somebody else. Once it lives in somebody else, it can live in others as well.
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I must represent France, and I want to be elegant, and I want the French people to be proud of me, you know.
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As I get older, I find that wearing bright colors cheers me up.
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We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?
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I think it's fun to get in a room and sweat with people. I'm happy to share my workouts with everyone.
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For me, the love really flowed when I found out the baby was a boy. That's when I could finally bond, once I knew 'it' was a him.
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I've spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don't see why I should start now.
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When I'm writing, I mean what I'm saying - there's a lot of me in each song.
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My husband is a fall-away Catholic, but with a vengeance. He's actually more of a feminist than I am.
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You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.
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I'm a Reuben kinda girl, but I'll take a BLT with avocado in a red hot minute if it comes on ciabatta.
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I originally passed on 'Girls' because I thought TV was evil.
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It's an advantage having a limited output. When George Gershwin is asked to play his repertoire, he plays all evening. I just play 'Lady Play Your Mandolin' and I'm through.
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I grew up around fashion - my mom was an editor for Vogue. Compared to the music industry, though, I'd say [fashion] is a little bit more disorganized. But it's exciting for me because, when you're a performer, there is a fashion element.
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I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.
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One of my goals is that, at a dinner party some time in the future, someone will say, 'Oh, my nephew is starting a ready-to-wear brand', and 20 people will turn around and say, 'Is he? Can we invest?' in the same way that, now, if you were to say, 'My nephew is starting a mobile app,' everyone would say, 'Oh, smashing! Can I invest?'
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Take love when love is given, But never think to find it A sure escape from sorrow Or a complete repose.
