Beatrice Miller Quotes
So put me in a cage, lock me in a room. Throw away the key, I dare you. I’ll break down the walls, a high heel wrecking ball. And I won’t let you tear me down, no.
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Porridge and the urban lifestyle don't mix well.
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I'm like a beast. I just take it out on the track.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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When I got back to Madison Avenue, I realized that copywriters made more than artists, so I switched.
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It wasn't until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.
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Be happy that you're growing older, that you're maturing, that you're smarter, that you're wiser.
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Religion is induced insanity.
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Key West is the place where your sickly house plant back in New York grows to 10 ft. It's also the place where an 8-ft. cactus, the century plant, produces a huge yellow flower every great once in a while, like a robot proffering a bouquet. After the plant flowers, it dies.
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Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.
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It's just that I've always been a tomboy, so being thrown into the hot nerd category and the glam thing has been very interesting for me to swallow.
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What I'm after is something different than supplying people with the idea that I'm writing an important play.
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I have faith in faith. God is there, whether we have faith or not, so why not have faith in him?
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People - I hate to use the word 'fans' - are very respectful. It's not like I'm some pop idol or big movie star. I'm very approachable, and I love the people who enjoy me, because they react like they've run into a friend. Usually, it's like, 'Hey, Wanda! How ya' doing?'
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Politics is compromise.
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The bedrock of 'Being Human' has to be characters. I would hope that even if suddenly we had a huge budget per episode, the foundation of the show, and the thing that actually makes it what it is, is character.
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Justin had a definite time line in Australia. We'd get a lot of value out of trying to win Test matches trying to play him now but in the end we'd only have him until now.
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Aside from the fact of just taking things out of context, I don't know why. That's part of a mystery. In a way, a transformation is a mystery to me. But there is a transformation, and that's fascinating.
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We need silence to be able to touch silence .
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What you experience in the army, aged 18 to 21, is what you take through all your life. You cross invisible lines: you shoot someone, get shot, break into people's houses. It's naive to think you won't carry anything into your life.
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A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.
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It will never be altogether well with us till we convert the universe into a prayer room.
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So put me in a cage, lock me in a room. Throw away the key, I dare you. I’ll break down the walls, a high heel wrecking ball. And I won’t let you tear me down, no.
