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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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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We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.
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I heard your prayers Thank God it's all over!
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Europe believes that providing clear labelling for genetically modified food is a consumer right, but such practice is absolutely opposed by the vast majority of states in the U.S.
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The sensations of dismemberment flow through the forceps like an electric current.
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Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.
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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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No sadder sound salutes you than the clear, Wild laughter of the loon.
