Caroline Emelia Stephen Quotes
True inward quietness ... is not vacancy, but stability - the steadfastness of a single purpose.
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Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
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I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works.
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I think every woman should have a one-night stand. If it's done right, it can be liberating.
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Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.
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Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be explored for the solution of a problem so elegant and so celebrated.
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The artists is responsible for his history and his nature, his history is part of his nature.
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Mac continued to write scathing commentary on assorted hypocrisies in high places and low, without which hypocrisies, he cheerfully conceded, civilized life would be impossible.
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Outside intelligences, exploring the Solar System with true impartiality, would be quite likely to enter the Sun in their records thus: Star X, spectral class G0, 4 planets plus debris.
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Cruisin' down the street in my six-fo' jockin' da bitches slappin da hoes
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It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.
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It was so flat, you know, you could see the curves of the earth. And when a train came into vision at nine o'clock in the morning, it was still leaving at noon.. ..it took that long to get across the prairie.
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The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and to the increase of our sanitary knowledge for such purposes deserve attention of Congress.
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Writers - all writers, even screenwriters - like to make their mark. I don't think many screenwriters can write. They pass as writers.
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I'm like Madonna: I keep reinventing myself.
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Creativity is a game changer. That's true of society, in advertising and in life.
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I'm in that, I guess, top 2 percent or something.
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Great images take you on a journey via a single photograph. The depth and layers pull your eye all over the frame, causing you to pick up interesting pieces along the way, ultimately coming to a climax.
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One of the great sources of employment for people with Ph.D.s in geometry is the animation industry.
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I had an idea of what I thought was funny. It's kind of based on how I am.
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Our natural dispositions may be good; but we have been badly brought up, and are full of anti-social personal ambitions and prejudices and snobberies. Had we not better teach our children to be better citizens than ourselves? We are not doing that at present. The Russians are. That is my last word. Think over it.
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Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially of the lower class of people, are so extremely wise and useful, that, to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant.
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We have taken a giant step forward in correcting some of the misconceptions people have about the church. I think that we've made a lot of friends.
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My grandmother has strongly influenced my approach to beauty. She has always cared for her skin by cleansing and washing her face with warm water in the morning. At all times, she has lipstick on and her face is immaculately powdered - she follows the same routine to this day and looks great at 94.
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True inward quietness ... is not vacancy, but stability - the steadfastness of a single purpose.
