Celia Thaxter (Celia Laighton Thaxter) Quotes
Early in April, as I was vigorously hoeing in a corner, I unearthed a huge toad, to my perfect delight and satisfaction; he had lived all winter, he had doubtless fed on slugs all the autumn. I could have kissed him on the spot.
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I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.
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To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
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I believe journalism or news will migrate to the online medium.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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In my role as a spokesperson for Amnesty International U.S.A. and as a supporter of various charitable causes including Unlock Iran, a campaign to release prisoners of conscience in Iran, I have never been faced with the threat of intimidation or arrest.
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Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
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I'm a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I don't understand why in America it's such a big deal that we won't read the Koran and we won't look at history.
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I am upset and completely disappointed in the government, the millionaires and billionaires in the U.S. See what's happening to the country? Look at all the health problems, the economy, the recession and crime.
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In the beginning, when I was doing my shows, I was incorporating a lot of Spanish, just trying to be a Latino comic instead of just a comic. Now I try to make the show as broad as possible... I don't want to alienate people. I want to make it so everybody can follow along and everybody can relate.
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I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
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I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
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I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?
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I'll invent a lie. Ricky Gervais has done anything interesting since 'The Office'. There's a lie right there.
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I think the most important thing for me in a relationship is honesty.
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The Corona Extra brand was launched in Austin, Texas. From Austin, where it was exclusively for three or four months, it became more widely available in that state and in others, primarily in the southwest and western United States.
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In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results.
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Markets are, in the end, man-made devices for utilitarian purposes, not a force of nature that we should not try to resist. If they end up serving the interests of only a tiny minority, as is increasingly the case, we have the right - and indeed the duty - to regulate them in the interest of greater social good.
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I do this weird thing in studios where I climb stuff when I get nervous.
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My mum and my dad are the sweetest couple.
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You beef wit me, I'm-a even the score equally. Take you on Jerry Springer and beat your ass legally.
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I grew up - for a while, the only show I could watch if I hadn't finished my homework was 'The Simpsons,' because I think my parents saw that there was some real-life lessons to take from that.
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A lottery is the perfect tax...laid only upon the willing.
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The thing that's changed the way I do my stand-up act is having kids and getting older and wiser and smarter. There might be a joke or two in the past that I wish I hadn't done, but in the past, you can't have it back.
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Early in April, as I was vigorously hoeing in a corner, I unearthed a huge toad, to my perfect delight and satisfaction; he had lived all winter, he had doubtless fed on slugs all the autumn. I could have kissed him on the spot.
