Edmund Gosse Quotes
He had recognized, with reluctance, that holiness was not hereditary, but he continued to hope that it might be compulsive.
Edmund Gosse
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Nobody loves me but my mother, and she could be jivin', too.
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To be honest, you don't get the full picture when you read a script.
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You can't quantify human pain the way you can measure out sugar. Death comes one individual at a time.
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The more noisy Negro leaders, by depicting all whites as natural and implacable enemies to their race, have done it a great disservice. Large numbers of whites who were formerly very friendly to it, and willing to go to great lengths to help it, are now resentful and suspicious.
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I don't walk around saying everything is going to be wonderful.
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My wild and free side unsettled some, and unwedged others.
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I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.
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I see little hope for a peaceful world until men are excluded from the realm of foreign policy altogether and all decisions concerning international relations are reserved for women, preferably married ones.
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There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.
Edouard Manet
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If I had all the filmmakers that traumatized me when I was a little kid in this room, all I would say is, 'Thank you,' because they've made me who I am. As much as I say 'trauma,' it all comes from a place of love. The fact that I am feeling emotions at all based on a work is a wonderful thing, so I'm happy to be a part of that discussion.
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He had recognized, with reluctance, that holiness was not hereditary, but he continued to hope that it might be compulsive.
Edmund Gosse
