Celia Thaxter (Celia Laighton Thaxter) Quotes
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I saw a picture of Elvis in blue lame, and thought that if I could recreate that suit and walk down the King's Road in it, someone might pick me up and take me off on a crazy adventure.
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I don't have a connection to the fashion world at all.
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I really like funny women. I'm drawn to women like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and Kristen Wiig, Amy Schumer. They're writers, they're producers, they're actresses. They're brilliant, funny, excellent women.
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Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.
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I use the PhotoReady Foundation almost every day, and their lip glosses are fantastic.
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Raising ambition in 2014 is crucial for arriving at a meaningful climate agreement in 2015.
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What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure.
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Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.
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He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
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I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt's influence in the world.
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Healthcare is the only civil system where new technology makes prices go up instead of down.
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Morality and values depend on the existence of conscious minds - and specifically on the fact that such minds can experience various forms of well-being and suffering in this universe.
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No matter where you are, depression responds to the same treatment.
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When we'd suggested doing it, the Theatre Royal management had said, 'Nobody wants to see Waiting for Godot.' As it happened, every single ticket was booked for every single performance, and this confirmation that our judgment was right was sweet. Audiences came to us from all over the world. It was amazing.
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That which was at first bound, cast out and rent by many and various beaters will be respected and honoured, and its precepts will be listened to with reverence and love.
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The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greatest part of skill, dexterity, and judgment with which it is any where directed, or applied, seem to have been the effects of the division of labour.
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I want my first son to be called 'Tommy.' It will sound great, Tommy Tomlinson
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How have you left the ancient love That bards of old enjoyed in you! The languid strings do scarcely move! The sound is forced, the notes are few!
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In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.
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For me, the greatest fault would be to tell somebody something I'm not.
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No sadder sound salutes you than the clear, Wild laughter of the loon.
