Edith Wharton Quotes
Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.
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Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
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I love Mike Tyson. I was a fan, as everybody else was. The moment somebody stood up to him, he didn't do so well. And that's the same thing with Anthony Johnson. The guy's a bully. He wants to intimidate you; he wants to dominate you. He wants to knock you out. But what happens when you don't knock somebody out? What happens?
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Because we're in a small town and somewhat isolated from the fast lane of high tech, we've been able to grow and concentrate on our work instead of being distracted by the competition and getting caught up in the soap opera of Silicon Valley.
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I don't think I knew that you could be a novelist. I think a lot of my students are in the same condition. I thought it was unreachable, that it was sort of dead people. It took me a long time - I think I was well into novel writing before I really thought, 'Actually, this is a valid pastime.'
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I don't take success and failure seriously. The only thing I do seriously is march forward. If I fall, I get up and march again.
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I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'
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I like to have fun, just stay relaxed.
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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I used to watch movies - silent movies - and stock companies and theater whenever I could.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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In my cranky old age, I actually prefer recording alone now, on 'The Simpsons,' for example, because I find that the director can just focus on what I'm doing and I can do a lot of variations. A lot of times, when I record with a group, I'll stay after class for another hour or two.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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There's nothing wrong with looking like a woman and going in the workplace and doing everything a man can do but looking 1,000 percent like a lady.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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You are not responsible for anyone who stubbornly chooses to ruin his own life.
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Loving a baby is a circular business, a kind of feedback loop. The more you give the more you get and the more you get the more you feel like giving.
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The older you get, the better you get to know you body.
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I'm not interested in what other people are doing. That's their business.
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The master accomplishes more and more by doing less and less until finally he accomplishes everything by doing nothing.
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Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.
