Sara Coleridge Quotes
Much waste of words and of thought too would be avoided if disputants would always begin with a clear statement of the question, and not proceed to argue till they had agreed upon what it was that they were arguing about.
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I started out a die-hard New Yorker but really grew to love working in Los Angeles. Even though I originally wanted to do theater, TV presented more opportunities for me, which led me out west.
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The forthputting of willpower is a means of strengthening willpower. The will becomes strong by exercise. To stick to a thing till you are master is a test of intellectual discipline and power.
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It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so I wrote a play.
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Don't take 'no' for an answer.
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The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.
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Art is born of humiliation.
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If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.
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If we could have seen through the televisions, we would probably have seen many a child grow up.
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To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
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We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes.
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Without a dog, you'd never have anyone demonstrate how important it is to stop every day and smell the roses... and then lift your leg on them.
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Growing Greener doesn't produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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I focus a little more on pacing when I write books in the young adult category, and of course there's the great American fear of anything sexual, so that's somewhat backed off in YA.
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Men are much more likely to make sure the boss knows they were in the office until midnight. But women tend to avoid seeking that kind of acknowledgement for their work. They just assume that the boss knows - but the boss usually doesn't. I experienced that firsthand.
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Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble.
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I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,'_ 'tender' or 'universal.' But to the real question of what's inside: I avoid books that seem to conservatively follow stale formulas. I don't read for plot, a story 'about' this or that.
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Much waste of words and of thought too would be avoided if disputants would always begin with a clear statement of the question, and not proceed to argue till they had agreed upon what it was that they were arguing about.
