Edna St. Vincent Millay Quotes
But you are mobile as the veering air, And all your charms more changeful than the tide, Wherefore to be inconstant is no care: I have but to continue at your side. So wanton, light and false, my love, are you, I am most faithless when I most am true.
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I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.
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New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all the people they could have had, they wanted me! We do have to do a little work with the rhythm section.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.
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I love speaking at schools. That's always my favorite because I wish I'd had someone who was like me come speak at my school.
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It is not empty rhetoric to talk of the Free World.
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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
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I'm completely in love with the idea of love.
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Fame and fortune are as hard to find as a lightning strike.
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Funding for the original manned Voyager Mars Program was scratched in 1968, before humans had gotten out of Low Earth Orbit. Mid-'60s plans for a Venus fly-by with astronauts actually flying by it met the same fate.
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I'm such a perfectionist.
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The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
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When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to it.
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In my seaside town, there is a plethora of benches, each one bearing a little brass plate commemorating a deceased occupant. You sit with ghosts.
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Little boys have amazing minds.
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A lot has happened over the years. And while this nation has been tested by war, and it's been tested by recession and all manner of challenges - I stand before you again tonight, after almost two terms as your president, to tell you I am more optimistic about the future of America than ever before.
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I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great - and is great - there are also shoddy moments when you feel really rotten, and when it's going well, you're not allowed to complain.
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Rock n' roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world.
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I love improvising on the spot. I like that pressure.
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He couldn't believe that his last words on Earth would be "she's my rocket ship
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I've got a guy in my office that works 24/7 to shut down websites that are putting 'Dead Air' on the net for free - ripping us off. The problem is many people are of the mindset that says, 'If I can watch it for free, I'll watch it.'
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My dyslexia means I can't read for long periods or the letters start moving around on the page, giving me headaches.
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But you are mobile as the veering air, And all your charms more changeful than the tide, Wherefore to be inconstant is no care: I have but to continue at your side. So wanton, light and false, my love, are you, I am most faithless when I most am true.
