Willa Cather Quotes
Pittsburgh was even more vital, more creative, more hungry for culture than New York. Pittsburgh was the birthplace of my writing.
Quotes to Explore
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Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
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You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.
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Do we really want Washington administrators coming between us and our doctors?
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People who live in a glass house have to answer the door.
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Your barber always knows everything that goes on in the town, doesn't he?
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The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians.
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I can do whatever I want.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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I like junk food, French fries, hamburgers - I love it.
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Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
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Let's just say, if I weren't a model, I'd be a walking collage. I see my body as a blank canvas that's aching to be decorated; I find it all very fascinating.
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I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me.
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What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
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Before mobile phones, I used to call my parents from a phone box and reverse the charges.
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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
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I think the premise of somebody trying to recreate a night from their teenage years stuck with me as something potentially very tragically comic.
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The NFL is my goal, not my dream. My dream is to have an impact on people.
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There are Katy-Perry-in-concert-type pieces that I look at and am like, 'This dress has a hundred cupcakes on it – I want it!' My mom will always talk me down.
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I was watching 'Pulp Fiction' when we were making 'Now and Then'. I didn't care about 'Now and Then,' you know?
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I love stand-up, but the process of writing is a little more lonely. I want to keep doing both, though.
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Embrace the melancholic voice completely in the drafting stages, to explore it for all it's worth. Then, in revision, privilege craft over pure feeling. Write the work that someone besides you will want to read.
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I'm not a big spender or shopper. Neither am I extravagant, nor do I have big expenses. I mainly spend on travel. I don't buy overpriced clothes, as I feel such expenses are unnecessary. I probably wouldn't buy expensive watches or jewellery either.
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I'm smart with my money, I invest conservatively. I don't mind paying top-dollar, but I don't want to get ripped off.
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Pittsburgh was even more vital, more creative, more hungry for culture than New York. Pittsburgh was the birthplace of my writing.
