Susanne Langer Quotes
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But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore.
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I know what I want, I want things for myself, but I think the key to life is somebody to love, something to do and something to look forward to. I don't think it's complicated.
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I'm very interested to see how this new painting will go - I know I want it big and stark, and as I said, I follow the muse, and that's when it always works perfectly for me.
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Murder is about power and the more powerful women get the more it will change the good that they do and the bad that they do.
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Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
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Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has not been any set time for writing, any set way, I haven't re-invented the process every time but I almost have.
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Strangely, charity sometimes gets dismissed, as if it is ineffective, inappropriate or even somehow demeaning to the recipient. 'This isn't charity,' some donors take pains to claim, 'This is an investment.' Let us recognize charity for what it is at heart: a noble enterprise aimed at bettering the human condition.
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It certainly will be if you are still around.
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When late morning rolls around and you're feeling a bit out of sorts, don't worry; you're probably just a little eleven o'clockish.
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I believe in horoscopes. I was born under the sign of the Ram, which means I'm headstrong, don't like people telling me what to do.
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Talent isn't enough. You need motivation-and persistence, too: what Steinbeck called a blend of faith and arrogance. When you're young, plain old poverty can be enough, along with an insatiable hunger for recognition. You have to have that feeling of "I'll show them." If you don't have it, don't become a writer.
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A powerful programming language is more than just a means for instructing a computer to perform tasks. The language also serves as a framework within which we organize our ideas about processes.
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Dreams do come true, but not without the help of others, a good education, a strong work ethic, and the courage to lean in.
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Come from forever, and you will go everywhere.
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If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself.
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I did get to keep the wedding dresses from 'Runaway Bride'. They're all boxed up in my garage. I've never opened them. It'll be fun one day when Hazel is taller. She can play dress-up with her friends.
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You can make hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. It's all in the mind.
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I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remembering my good Friends
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The trouble with the publishing business is that too many people who have half a mind to write a book do so.
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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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The more I know about America, the better I'll be at performing American characters and American stories.
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Common-sense knowledge is prompt, categorical, and inexact.
