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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Paint goes a long way in making old look like new.
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Last night, two men tried to force my shutters. I recognized them: they are two of Rodin's Italian models. He told them to kill me. I am in his way; he wants to get rid of me.
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It's like the Tibetan Wheel of the Passions. As the wheel turns, the values and feelings on the outer rim rise and fall, shining or sinking into darkness. But true love stays fastened to the axle and doesn't move.
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I was a regular hand when I was 7. I picked cotton. I drove tractors. Children grew up not thinking that this is what they must do. We thought this was the thing to do to help your family.
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I'd rather live in a cave with a view of a palace than live in a palace with a view of a cave.
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The young are so old, they are born with their fingers crossed.
