Robert Frost Quotes
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I don't write listening to music, and in a way it seems silly that any writer should have to explain why not, as it's possibly no different from saying you don't eat gourmet dinners or play tennis while you're at the keyboard.
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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
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I enjoy privacy. I think it's nice to have a little mystery. I think because of technology a lot of the mystery is gone in life, and I'd like to preserve some of that.
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I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.
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I was sent the script for 'Silver Linings' when I was doing a play in D.C. at The Kennedy Center with Cate Blanchett and I was sent the script and asked if I was interested, and I said 'Oh, boy am I!'
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My parents spent 16 years hauling my butt to L.A. for audition after audition. I remember always hoping I could help take care of them because they took such good care of me.
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I love surprises - champagne and strawberries, all that pampering, romantic stuff. Guys ought to know how to pamper their women properly.
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Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.
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I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.
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I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!
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It's not comfortable for me to write about my family. I'm not comfortable writing about me.
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I'm the kinda person, you gotta fight for everything you get. You gotta believe in yourself.
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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
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A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn't react with a mechanic, but a human being does.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
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I think there are certain business matters which we must now conduct differently than we used to.
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If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.
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We are now confronted with the necessity of remedying the remedies.
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I have to be smart. You cannot be going in there, trying to go forward and pressure guys, and be taking damage and getting hurt on the way to doing it.
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It is very possible that a proper understanding of string theory will make the space-time continuum melt away.... String theory is a miracle through and through.
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A poem may be worked over once it is in being, but may not be worried into being.
