Edna St. Vincent Millay Quotes
We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race.
Quotes to Explore
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Most Americans have no clue that before there were highways, there were only waterways to get through the wilderness. If you weren't on a lake or a river, you were in a jungle.
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I happen to be quite fond of staying out late and sleeping the day away.
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I think I'm telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and at that time he didn't know he was our coach and I didn't either.
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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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I think that its easy to think of the environment as all doom and gloom and that, 'What can we do, it's too late. And the polar bears are gone, and everything is gone.' But really, just the little steps that we can make as individuals make a big difference.
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Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs.
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I was into punk rock back when I was in high school. I used to go around to dive venues and take photographs. But now it's been just much more about the country stuff and soulful folk.
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As chief elections officer, it's my job to protect the integrity of the ballot.
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I would say that all short stories have mystery naturally built into them.
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I think what's important in a good manager and a good agent is that they know your vision and that they are passionate about you and believe in you. Because if they don't, then they're not going to work hard for you, and they're going to send you out on things that you don't want to do.
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work.
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I am not a sort of person who wants to run a company.
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Although it is true that Hizballah is organized, inspired, financed, and armed by Iran, its main bases in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley are under Syrian military control.
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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
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This is the first time in my life I've ever been happy, not completely happy, but happier than I've ever been.
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The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.
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I'm happy in Lululemon, with a glass of red wine, watching HGTV.
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Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.
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I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.
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Now I know the difference between a rousing reception and a pat on the back. Now I know the difference between a gold in Commonwealth Games and a bronze in Olympics.
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It's OK when something doesn't work. It gives you another data point when things do work.
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Why don't we get drunk and screw?
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Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.
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We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race.
