Sara Teasdale Quotes
Joy was a flame in me Too steady to destroy. Lithe as a bending reed, Loving the storm that sways her
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When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.
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I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.
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I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
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The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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I always loved to read, and I wanted to be part of the project of literature. My physical longevity is due to luck, and my literary longevity is due to my physical longevity.
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I have a rich, full, textured life.
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To think is to destroy. The very process of thought indicates it for the same thought, as thinking is decomposing.
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The more you know, the less you are impressed by Foucault.
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The symbol and the metaphor are as necessary to science as to poetry.
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I don’t answer to anyone.
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People associate me with a time when movies were pleasant, when women wore pretty dresses in films and you heard beautiful music. I always love it when people write me and say 'I was having a rotten time, and I walked into a cinema and saw one of your movies, and it made such a difference.'
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My goal keeps me alive, and no personal issue is going to interfere with that. If people try to put me in the crazy box–'crazy fucking Courtney'–go ahead. But if you think you’re going to stop me from where I’m going, you’re not going to do it. I work my ass off. I deliver the goddamn goods. And I will deliver them again.
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With hacky sack, somebody brought one to recess in sixth grade and it kind of all went downhill from there! The same with the yoyo's! One kid brought a yoyo one day and people started getting them. I just kept at it and found that I really loved it.
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I've been on 'Hollyoaks' since I was 15, and I've grown up on the show. I'm so very fortunate to be given the opportunity to learn my craft in such a fantastic environment.
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Anyone who's an executive at a record label does not understand what the Internet is, how it works, how people use it, how fans and consumers interact - no idea. I'm surprised they know how to use e-mail.
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The job of nation building, the job of nation leadership in a difficult, complex coalition has worked.
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The Hispanic population in this country is not a monolith. When you're in Miami, the newscast is going to be different from the newscast in Los Angeles.
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It might be useful to distinguish between pleasure and joy. But maybe everybody does this very easily, all the time, and only I am confused.
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Radio is aimed at the 30-year-old market, so you have to have great music and appeal to get that age group. And you need a record company to believe in you. It's like a bit of the perfect storm.
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One filled with joy preaches without preaching.
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Joy was a flame in me Too steady to destroy. Lithe as a bending reed, Loving the storm that sways her
