Celia Thaxter (Celia Laighton Thaxter) Quotes
Last week, when I went early into my garden, a rose-breasted grosbeak was sitting on the fence. Oh, he was beautiful as a flower. I hardly dared to breathe, I did not stir, and we gazed at each other fully five minutes before he concluded to move.
Celia Thaxter
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I became a novelist because of 'Gone With the Wind,' or more precisely, my mother raised me up to be a 'Southern' novelist, with a strong emphasis on the word 'Southern' because 'Gone With the Wind' set my mother's imagination ablaze when she was a young girl growing up in Atlanta.
Pat Conroy
Isolation is a dream killer.
Barbara Sher
The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.
Jack Ma
I've seen so many scripts, and I want to do everything. Like with kiteboarding, you have to be fearless. I'm not scared.
Maika Monroe
We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration.
Irving Babbitt
A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
Daisaku Ikeda
Nothing was made in Trinidad.
V. S. Naipaul
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
Dalai Lama
I want to feel good, I want to feel proud, I want to feel that I give someone enough and that I get enough.
Nastassja Kinski
When I was growing up, I thought I was getting bored of acting, so I left that. Then after a few years, I started missing it. I left my studies mid-way, and I used to give lots of auditions.
Fatima Sana Shaikh
You've been entrusted with a lot of money and a lot of careers, and a lot of people put their faith in me, and every director goes through that every time.
Taylor Sheridan
I think there's a really mature side of me that can deal with problems - but when I'm with my friends, I get to act much more kidlike.
Dakota Blue Richards
To my mind, what we ought to have maintained from the beginning was the strictest neutrality. If we had done this, I do not believe we would have been on the verge of war at the present time.
George W. Norris
Women offer unique contributions to making and keeping peace - and that those contributions lead to better outcomes not just for women, but for entire societies.
Hillary Clinton
Mars is essentially in the same orbit. … Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe.
Dan Quayle
Im concerned about the cost, just like everybody else. Theres no question that we have an obligation to help the people of Louisiana and Mississippi to rebuild.
Saxby Chambliss
To me, at forty-four years old, my book was a search for truth and identity.
Melissa Gilbert
Last week, when I went early into my garden, a rose-breasted grosbeak was sitting on the fence. Oh, he was beautiful as a flower. I hardly dared to breathe, I did not stir, and we gazed at each other fully five minutes before he concluded to move.
Celia Thaxter
