Charles Eliot Norton Quotes
The loss of religious faith among the most civilized portion of the race is a step from childishness toward maturity.
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Even a cock crows over his own dunghill.
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I've always been honest with my fans, and I want to keep that up because I feel they can see through the fakeness.
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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.
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I read widely - for news, the arts, science, for entertainment, and the value of being informed - and, as a fiction writer, I can't help transposing what I learn into the scenario for a novel or story.
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At its best our age is an age of searchers and discoverers, and at its worst, an age that has domesticated despair and learned to live with it happily.
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The E.U. needs a strategy that marries a shared vision to common action.
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I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure.
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You're an artist when you're writing, a businessperson the rest of the time.
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Baby why'd you leave me, why'd you have to go; I was counting on forever, now I'll never know.
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Well, I suppose that, in a sense, every screen role is a favourite with me.
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I get intrigued by a puzzle, and writing a book is the best way to solve it.
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The problem with fame is that you get frozen in one frame and nothing you can do can alter the nature.
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I am especially proud of taking on issues most central to the health of our American democracy.
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I know myself pretty well, and I know what I'm good at, but I also recognize when others may be better and so support and empower that.
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I always want to live long enough to finish the book I'm working on and see it published. But then I start another book before the previous one is in the stores, so I always have a reason to go on.
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I'm ticking things off my list: I had a tumor removed; I had spinal surgery; I had four surgeries in three months.
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And the issues I think are important in Louisiana right now happen to be health care and education. And those are two areas that the federal government can play a very important role. And I think I can be effective in trying to help our state from the Washington scene.
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It's really hard to find a love song that is real. That's when you really strike a chord with somebody, when you dig in deep and grab a hold.
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Apparently, the Fates were not so unsubtle as to deal him another blow just yet. He knew they didn’t operate that way. They always let you hope for a while longer, then strung it out before they really let you have it.
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I learnt early that always being analytical is important for a business. Being analytical as an attitude is more important than just having the aptitude.
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In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody.
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I woke up one day and thought, 'Enough is enough with bullying myself.' The war is within you, and that's also where it's won. You just have to tackle your insecurities and then let them go.
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The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
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The loss of religious faith among the most civilized portion of the race is a step from childishness toward maturity.
