William Ellery Channing Quotes
What a sublime doctrine it is, that goodness cherished now is eternal life already entered on!
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Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I'm the type of person, I have to study to get an A on the test.
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Nothing exists except through language.
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
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Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
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I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be a battler.
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.
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I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration's reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there.
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When I was a kid, I would make these incredibly bloody movies in my back yard. I was constantly making weird blood concoctions; Jell-O and milk was a good one. I was constantly ruining clothes and staining my parents' walls and stuff.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.
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I read our emails every day and I know there are people out there who think I'm awful.
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What happens in the music business is that if you step out of your little spot to do something else, the sand falls right into where you stood and you're gone, you're history.
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When writing 'Give and Take' and 'Originals,' the predominant emotion for me was curiosity.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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Couples counseling gets many couples back together. But not all, and not always. For your own sake and that of your children, however, I recommend it - I almost insist on it - as the first step for anyone unhappy in a relationship.
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When you go to a show, Americans in New York are very proper, much more so than the French. Everything is perfect. Their hair, the nails, everything. The look. Everything is perfection.
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Your current situations or problems have been sent to you to teach you valuable lessons for success and happiness. What are they?
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During most of my freelancing, I made what I would have made in charge of the cafeteria at a pretty good junior-high school.
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There are people in Iran who have the same aspirations as people all around the world for a better life.
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As far as fighting, I just love to fight and enjoy my life more because of that. I think that it is pretty apparent to those who know me that I do this because of the love. I am not looking to get famous or acquire a bunch of cash. I am following my passion and that's what is about for me.
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What a sublime doctrine it is, that goodness cherished now is eternal life already entered on!
