Charlotte Mew Quotes
You were sunrise to me rise and warm and streaming.' - Praise Song For My Mother by Charlotte Mew
Quotes to Explore
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There's something about a divorce in that even if your parents still love you, the fact that they can't live with each other makes you feel there's something wrong with you.
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I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night. I find myself talking to myself sometimes.
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So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress.
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Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.
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It used to be that you came out of school, and you got married - those who were going to get married. But my peers are getting married in their early 30s, so now there's like this extra 10 years of that angst.
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I think it's just important to be able to keep things to myself and to have these moments that can't be - where I don't put them out and feel like they could be misunderstood, you know?
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The point of writing my name to you is that I see who you are, you see who I am... and that's what it's about.
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It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.
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An actor is working steady if he's active four to six months a year.
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The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.
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If you have more money than your lifestyle, then you can either do something stupid or smart. That's not much of a choice. That's like saying, 'You are on the roof. you can either take the elevator, or you can jump.' That's not a choice.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.
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People don't really want reality. They want theater, and that's different.
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There's a smartphone gait: the slow sidewalk weave that comes from being lost in conversation rather than looking where you're going.
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My voice, I have to say, is kind of miraculous because I was born with a cleft palate.
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I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.
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When I saw 'Pretty In Pink' at the cinema at the age of 11, I just thought it was a period piece from maybe 100 years previously. I had no idea that was what everybody was supposed to be wearing.
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The big question about how people behave is whether they've got an Inner Scorecard or an Outer Scorecard. It helps if you can be satisfied with an Inner Scorecard.
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Life is full of choices, always and endlessly. It is, I promise you, one of the joys of being alive, even if it doesn’t always seem like it when you’re frustrated and overwhelmed and being pulled in different directions. But through it all, here’s what I hope you will know, and remember, no matter what: It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks you are.
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I think the reason 'Sexy Beast' was so good was it wasn't just another run-of-the-mill gangster film; it was a love story.
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I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life.
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I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!
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You were sunrise to me rise and warm and streaming.' - Praise Song For My Mother by Charlotte Mew
