Virginia Woolf Quotes
Now begins to rise in me the familiar rhythm; words that have lain dormant now lift, now toss their crests, and fall and rise, and falls again. I am a poet, yes. Surely I am a great poet.
Quotes to Explore
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I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.
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Other families who are poor do what they can to get out of it. My mother did not. She did not utilise her resources. She had a degree. There was something she could have done, but she actively, purposely refused that so we could have this absolutely authentic experience of the worst of capitalism: 'See? Look how bad capitalism is.'
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There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer.
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The first show I worked on was 'In Living Color.' I think 'The Daily Show' was the culmination of having that point of view - being able to look at this third rail in our society.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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If you can live in Vegas, or visit Vegas, and leave in one piece, still loving it and somehow laughing about it, you should spend at least part of your last night in town doing something that will serve you well no matter where you go next: thank your lucky stars.
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Singles, whatever. But selling a million albums feels like an impossible thing to do.
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The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.
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Kids accept where they are because they don't know the past. They know what they have; they know where they are.
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The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.
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If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.
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Yves Saint Laurent was the first person who made me feel like a woman.
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The hits I had in the '80s - I made those deals directly with American companies.
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The biggest part of my fashion choices is how comfortable it is.
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I had to get out of America to get a professional life going where I could actually make a living.
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The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall.
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If you want to play it safe, mix a lot of colors in the same tone and that is such an easy way to feel modern and feel a little confident.
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How beautiful maleness is, if it finds its right expression.
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I don’t answer to anyone.
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Every night at 6:30, my entire family sits down for dinner together. It's definitely the best part of my day.
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The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free.
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Gay marriage - it's not about two people being gay: it's about two people who love each other and who have decided to commit to each other for the exact same reasons any other couple would get married.
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Now begins to rise in me the familiar rhythm; words that have lain dormant now lift, now toss their crests, and fall and rise, and falls again. I am a poet, yes. Surely I am a great poet.
