Willa Cather Quotes
Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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For mascara, I'll just use whatever I have in my bag. I'll use anything. I feel like, from drugstores to a Saks, they are all the same to me.
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My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
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I believe journalism or news will migrate to the online medium.
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As a scholar who regularly surveys archival material, I think that, a century from now, cultural historians will find David Horowitz's spiritual and political odyssey paradigmatic for our time.
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That's my opportunity to hide behind that old lady and say what I want to say.
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I've always sung in choirs and acapella groups, but when I was in college, I finally started writing songs and playing with a band, and that ignited a desire to do it full time and pour everything I had into it.
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I didn't have a sense of being in a show business family or of being different, partly because Los Angeles is an industry town, so you don't think about it as being special.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living.
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Investors are right to demand a clear path to self-sustainability from every business they invest in, and I believe we should ask for the same from philanthropy.
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I just try to get away with as much as I can. I don't think that's very radical in the art world.
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I can see quite clearly that if there was a single event that launched me on the road to ultimate involvement at the heart of South African politics, it was an assault on an African woman by her white employer in a kitchen in Fort Hare.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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Well, I've had to deal with everything in my life... leavin' the family, learnin' what not and what to do.
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I enjoy being characters rather than myself.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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Despair and die. The ghosts
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Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement.
