Eileen Wilks Quotes
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To the poet fated to be a poet, self-expression is as natural and as involuntary as breathing is to us ordinary mortals.
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Matte digital prints are gorgeous, don't you agree? But the glossy digital prints, I just can't stand that paper.
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For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.
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Any acceleration constitutes progress, Miss Glory. Nature had no understanding of the modern rate of work. From a technical standpoint the whole of childhood is pure nonsense. Simply wasted time. An untenable waste of time.
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See, as much as I love the game, golf was my vehicle to competition. And I love to compete.
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This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it applies.
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Where I'm from is like 'Hustle & Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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People feel that I became an actor because I am from a film family and that my parents were actors. But actually, the only reason I wanted to become an actor was to get away from studies.
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Well-secured files don't do you much good if you lose them in a fire or hard drive crash.
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I need to put the right things in my body before and after I work out, so I end every workout with some sort of protein shake to help me get the most out of my training.
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James Brown is important because he decorates the clock correctly and he's good with lower mathematics. Don't get me wrong – he's good.
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The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers.
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Never stop paying attention to things. Never make your mind up finally. Do not hold beliefs.
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It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
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School choice is the civil rights issue of the 21st century.
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I don't know why, but I'm an easy target. And I don't do anything to dispel it.
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It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
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The biggest battle that I have is being a woman in the world. That takes center stage for me.
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It's always irritated me that people say, 'Where's the action? Oh wow, there's no action here; let's go somewhere else.' These people will never find the action.
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If I forgot some stuff, please excuse me; I ate the brown acid at Woodstock '69 and can scarcely remember my own name.
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But my family's really close and I was interested in what Mommy and Daddy did for a living. So when Mommy and Daddy had a script that wasn't totally age inappropriate, they would let me read it. And we would talk about it.
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There are hundreds of fine journalists who regularly inform us of what is happening in the world around us; and innumerable commentators who provide intelligent and objective insight on public policy matters.
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What?" She drew herself up, stern as a cat presented with the wrong food for dinner.
