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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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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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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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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Have a mind that's open to everything, get attached to nothing.
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It has not been hard to grow older, because I believe if you have something you believe in, that will keep you alive far more than plastic surgery or Botox.
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When you've got a lot of slaves at your command, you tend to get a little bit fat. You tend to get a little bit lazy. You tend to get a little incompetent because there's not much that you do for yourself anymore.
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And it has some weight, I mean, the whole history of the gargoyles, that's some wonderful stuff.
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Let's be cautious about narrow nationalism.
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In Hollywood people lie to each other and cheat each other and then go and play tennis. But I don't want to be a tennis player.
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The toughest thing in hitting shouldn't be deciding when to swing. It is, for me, deciding when not to swing. You should be swinging from the time you get into the batter's box until something says don't swing.
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When someone watches us eating, we feel exposed. We might also harbor a suspicion that the person staring wants to steal food from our plate. The taboo, in any case, is long-standing.
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I hate women who say they can eat whatever they want, because I don't relate to that at all. It isn't fair! I absolutely live for food.
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In the deep night of metaphysics, all cats look black.
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What?" She drew herself up, stern as a cat presented with the wrong food for dinner.
