E. Nesbit Quotes
It is not, Dear, because I am alone, For I am lonelier when the rest are near, But that my place against your heart has grown Too dear to dream of when you are not here.
Quotes to Explore
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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Many leaders of big organizations, I think, don't believe that change is possible. But if you look at history, things do change, and if your business is static, you're likely to have issues.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies.
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My mum's really short so she always wears really tall heels, and I used to steal them and now it's just a part of my everyday life.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing.
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My writing has been largely concerned with the depicting of Negro life in America.
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I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.
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As a child or young adult going through an illness, it can be stressful at times and boring and extremely alienating.
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A lot of the things I was doing on the first couple Washed Out releases was very naive.
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I like music that's more offensive. I like it to sound like nails on a blackboard, get me wild.
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I swam very competitively till I was 15, then I swam for fun until I was 18. But athletics remain a very big part of my life. I try to keep that as much in balance with work as I can.
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I have always believed that resistance against repression and violence is possible without relying on similar repression and violence. I have always believed that human civilization is the fruit of the effort of both women and men.
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The war is definitely in the background, only referred to in radio news blips and conversation. I think, ultimately, this film is about the choices these guys are faced with. In that way, I think this is a more personal story about their friendship, about the reaction that they have when they're essentially faced with death, to a certain degree.
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An old minister explained the smudges on his sermon outlines by saying they were caused by sweat and tears. And without those two marks, a sermon is not a sermon.
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The movies I like to make are very rich and full of passion. Some people see me as an action director, but action is not the only thing in my movies. I always like to show human nature - something deep inside the heart.
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Incentive schemes, whereby people who have done the most good for humanity are rewarded 20 years into the future, would create the expectation that doing long-term good is valuable.
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It is not, Dear, because I am alone, For I am lonelier when the rest are near, But that my place against your heart has grown Too dear to dream of when you are not here.
