Edna St. Vincent Millay Quotes
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In some Old Testament books, it's very evident that an editor has been at work. That's quite all right. It's part of the process.
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Even though I got a late start, first publishing an essay when I was 50 years old, I've since written eight suspense novels.
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We lived on isolated farms and ranches, far from anybody, and when I was young I knew very few other kids, so I lived to a great extent in my imagination.
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When you're young, you're stupid. You do silly things.
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When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English.
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From when I was young, I wanted to be an action hero. I always dreamed about being an action star. So finally, I made it.
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My perspective was always being on a number one show doesn't mean anything if I'm not still working consistently at 40 to 50 and 60 years old.
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When I was a young boy, I was obsessed with skulls and mummies and things like that.
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The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.
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Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.
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The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it.
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One of the defining dynamics of 2008 has been the emerging wave of new, young voters getting involved and storming the gates of the traditional political establishment.
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I started playing trumpet when I was 11 years old. All I wanted to be was a jazz trumpet player when I grew up.
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I can say I love working with women. Film is a man's world, and I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with women, especially young women.
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I wrote my first novel when my daughter was about six months old.
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I came to Hollywood determined to follow in Jean Harlow's footsteps, but I was determined not to die young. My hope was to endure. And endure I have.
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When I was born, my father was a copper miner in Butte, Montana. It was a hard-core, blue-collar situation.
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Of course, every job I ever had I thought I was born for.
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Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.
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The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible.
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I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize.
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With homosexual marriage gaining converts among the young, the party of the Moral Majority declines to stand with Chick-fil-A.
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The young are so old, they are born with their fingers crossed.
