Carol Emshwiller Quotes
May we all soon go about as our real selves and take joy in it, saying, yes, yes, to whatever we are.
Quotes to Explore
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Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
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Back in 1975, we were making all the decisions about what people were going to watch.
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I wrote about wasting time, which I suppose is a part of the great human journey. We're supposed to wallow, to go through the desert without water for a long time so that when we finally drink it, we'll truly need it and we won't spill a drop. It's about being present.
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Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.
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If we'd beaten 'em, I wouldn't be going out.
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The first place to start is on enforcement. We who got the ADA passed did the hard part, the heavy lifting.
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We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.
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Since, in the best Southern tradition, I was named Edmund Valentine White III, sometimes when people look up my books on Amazon they find 'Chocolate Drops from the South' by my grandfather.
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Corruption could lead to the collapse of the Party Communist Party of China and the downfall of the State People's Republic of China.
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There is a constitutional right for people to own guns, but there's also a constitutional right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...
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Please do not assume that you can change governments. Young people don’t understand this.
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I was 85 lbs. at my 2000 homecoming dance. But I wanted my collarbones and hip bones to show more. I'd feel my hip bones to make sure they were out. If not, I had more weight to lose. I lost my period until I was 17. I loved that. It meant I wasn't healthy, and I didn't want to be healthy.
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I like to dress up and put on a nice suit for a party or a special event; I do enjoy it, but on a daily basis, I wear stuff that I feel comfortable in, you know?
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Fashion is about dreaming and making other people dream.
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I have always told my subordinates that when they commit any mistakes, the blame must be laid on the superior officers.
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When I joined the Mumfords I made a commitment to them so they'll always come first. But I'm a bit of a workaholic and Communion helps me get a grip on dealing with my life.
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I saw a drummer play once when I was a kid and I thought, that's really cool. You know, you're moving. You're using your arms and fingers. So I tried it and I loved it.
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When I'm down or maybe when it's close in the match, I feel like I'm still in it. I don't feel like I'm letting down. Mentally, I'm still really, really tough.
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Anyone can have bad sets. I saw one guy who I really love - I won't mention his name - gave a set that was really bad. And then one month later did the exact same set on our show and it was great.
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She loves you. She's just forgotten how to show it.
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May we all soon go about as our real selves and take joy in it, saying, yes, yes, to whatever we are.
