Sara Teasdale Quotes
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I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction.
Hallie Ephron -
Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
Eduardo Chillida -
I love surfing more than cricket, more interesting and you meet great people.
Hansie Cronje -
At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
Taylor Swift -
I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
Lance Armstrong -
Animal vision - including human vision - is so biased toward movement that we don't technically see stationary objects at all.
Sam Kean
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
Ina Garten -
Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
Ovid -
My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.
Ralph Norman -
If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
Abraham Lincoln -
'Entourage' was a show that existed around wish-fulfillment. People watched it because they wanted to believe they could go on private jets and be hanging out in Hollywood, but as a show, comedically, it was not funny. Not a funny show. It's funny, ironically, because of how terrible it is.
Adam Pally -
If you want to play the good roles, spend more time in in college and in acting class than you do in the gym, and you'll have the career you want.
Wendi McLendon-Covey
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Death seems to be a long way off. Is this not shallow thinking? It is worthless and is only a joke within a dream. It will not do to think in such a way and be negligent. Insofar as death is always at one's door, one should make sufficient effort and act quickly.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo -
After 50, the rock 'n' roll road is a little absurd. It's very difficult to play these little places. You're out there on a rickety old bus with no place to shower.
Nancy Sinatra -
I do probably come down a little hard on a group of people I call the 'blue chip gays.' I mean people who have managed to become very, very famous and are still very famous partly through staying in the closet, like Jasper Johns, Cy Twombly, Susan Sontag, Harold Brodkey and others.
Edmund White -
There has to be room for people to make mistakes and lead their own lives.
Vanessa Kerry -
I really wanted to work with Kate Mulgurew and Natasha Lyonne.
Samira Wiley -
If I wasn't a fighter, I wouldn't be unique.
Paige VanZant
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When there is a big tree small ones climb on its back to reach the sun.
Chinua Achebe -
The scorn which I had reason to fear on account of the novelty and unconventionality of my opinion almost induced me to abandon completely the work which I had undertaken. . . . Astronomy is written for astronomers. To them my work too will seem, unless I am mistaken, to make some contribution.
Nicolaus Copernicus -
They’re not even lovers,’ said Dolby. ‘They told the news. They’re just very best friends who have found that the person they each want to be is a combination of the two of them.’ I was lagging several beats behind them. ‘“Compatible.” Why do you think they’re compatible?’ ‘Are you kidding? Aren’t you compatible with yourself?’ I gave a short laugh. ‘Depends on who you ask.’ ‘Well, you can’t imagine. The Joy of Congruence is completely beyond you.’ ‘I hope you won’t be offended if I take that as a compliment.’ As soon as I said it, the word lit up in my head. Except it was spelled complement.
Pat Cadigan -
All I will say is we get wiser as we get older. And that what I am looking for in life is the same as I always have; happiness, peacefulness and joy. And that's all I'm going to say about that because otherwise I'd get into trouble
George Clooney -
Oh who can tell the range of joy or set the bounds of beauty?
Sara Teasdale