Charles Eliot Norton Quotes
If a war be undertaken...before the resources of peace have been tried and proved vain to secure it, that war has no defense, it is a national crime.
Charles Eliot Norton
Quotes to Explore
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When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
Rachel Tucker
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Somebody told me long ago that in acting, it's okay to steal, just steal from the best.
Nathan Fillion
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Our poker table is eight guys, and then I'm the ninth; I'm usually the only girl at the table.
Laura Prepon
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Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
Nadine Gordimer
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I'm sick of having red hair, but people seem to like that aesthetic.
Rachel Hurd-Wood
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
K. A. Applegate
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Eating a lot is an occupational hazard but it's a pretty great problem to have. I spend a lot of time eating sweets on TV - cake, cupcakes, donuts, and pudding. It's a dream job, but at the same time there will be days where I wake up knowing I will eat 15 desserts!
Gail Simmons
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I thought inside 'I must really be crazy, now - because craziness is where everybody agrees about something - except you!' And yet I felt saner than I had ever felt, so I knew this was a new kind of craziness or perhaps a new kind of saneness.
Ram Dass
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Visitor: Monsieur Degas, were there any of Monet's pictures at the Durand-Ruel exhibition?Degas: Why, I met Monet himself there, and I said to him, 'Let me get out of here. Those reflections in the water hurt my eyes!' His pictures were always too draughty for me. If it had been any worse I should have had to turn up my coat collar.
Edgar Degas
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I'm not saying that all college students are subhuman - I'm just saying that if you aim to spend a few years mastering the art of pomposity, these are places where you can be taught by undisputed experts.
Lester Bangs
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As I was motivatin' over the hill I saw Maybellene in a Coup de Ville A Cadillac arollin' on the open road Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford The Cadillac doin' about ninety-five She's bumper to bumper, rollin' side by side Maybellene
Chuck Berry
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I am a restless person.
Jenna-Louise Coleman
