Caroline Pafford Miller Quotes
The little unknown thing was growing within her as suddenly and softly as the first touch of spring on the maples. It was putting out its hidden, watery roots as simply and surely as little cypresses take root in a stretch of swamp water away off yonder. It was coming upon her as quietly as the dark came up from the woods at night and hushed in the little clearing, closing every chink of every shutter tight with nothing. Impulses swelled within her, swelled her body fit to burst; yet they did not come out in words, nor song, nor in any sign.
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One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.
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I get horrified when I have to do table reads with the whole cast, because there's a lot of stuttering coming from me, so I have to do a lot of prep.
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Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all.
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It's true that I have always been very comfortable with numbers.
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Today, the Muslim world is the poorest of the global powers.
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I love all the attention, people noticing me. 'There's the gymnast. There she is!'
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
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Cricket was my reason for living.
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It's nice to be needed.
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There's nothing unclassy about being naked, if it's appropriate.
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We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes.
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Oh, yes; you Virginians shed barrels of perspiration while standing off at a distance and superintending the work your slaves do for you. It is different with us. Here it is every fellow for himself, or he doesn't get there.
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Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
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You're blinded by lights and you see all these people who come out, and it's exciting. It's scary and it's exciting all rolled into one.
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I'm wary about this thing about being in the generation of social networking where people are like, 'I am my musical taste.' I am not just a collection of music. Or a collection of movies. I think that's a thing that people romanticize: 'Oh my God, she likes this band so she is a dream.'
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You can't write about an iconic Hollywood star of the sixties without bumping up against Elizabeth Taylor.
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Yes, our DNA is unique but so is a salamander’s.
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Louis knew a few xenophobes, and regarded them as dolts.
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[To the bishop who suggested the widowed queen now consider herself 'as married to Christ':] That's what I call twaddle!
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My friends in the opposition have forgotten that the constitution of the Philippines was amended in 1973 with their participation. The constitution mandates the administration, including the Batasan, or legislature, to convert slowly into a semiparliamentary form of government. The president in such a situation can issue decrees and edicts.
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The purpose of life is not to be happy at all. It is to be useful, to be honorable. It is to be compassionate. It is to matter, to have it make some difference that you lived.
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Motherhood informs my work 100 per cent.
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Leona Helmsley is a truly evil human being. She treated employees worse than any human being I've ever witnessed and I've dealt with some of the toughest human beings alive.
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The little unknown thing was growing within her as suddenly and softly as the first touch of spring on the maples. It was putting out its hidden, watery roots as simply and surely as little cypresses take root in a stretch of swamp water away off yonder. It was coming upon her as quietly as the dark came up from the woods at night and hushed in the little clearing, closing every chink of every shutter tight with nothing. Impulses swelled within her, swelled her body fit to burst; yet they did not come out in words, nor song, nor in any sign.
