Elaine Scarry Quotes
This willingness continually to revise one's own location in order to place oneself in the path of beauty is the basic impulse underlying education.
Quotes to Explore
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.
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One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
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Everything ultimately becomes the CEO's problem, no matter where it starts. I can see why some CEOs crack under the pressure.
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We have two trainers at the polo ground and do a mix of aerobics, gymnastics and stretches before we start riding. As polo players, it's very important for us to keep in shape. We do a bit of yoga and Pilates sometimes, too.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather.
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We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?
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People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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I never felt popular as a child and never had best friends.
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Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?
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I have never had a man give me money. I've always been the provider. I have always been the one who went out and earned, and I've never felt unequal in that way.
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I feel like with 'Chuck,' because it was a comedy-based show, it was more cartoon-ish. It was just more playful. We had a lot more fun with it. There was a lot of silliness in there. There were serious moments, as well, and there was a lot of heart in that show, but its baseline was comedy.
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My favorite sport, frankly, is college football. I'm a college football junkie, even though I'm associated with golf and like golf and have played it all my life.
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Make no mistake, adolescence is a war. No one gets out unscathed.
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My favorite animal to hunt is probably elk. There's nothing like the sound of a bugling bull splitting the cold air at first light. And that smell is unmistakable. Once you experience their musk in the wild there's no going back! A close second would be a varmint hunt.
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In Christ the original image of God is restored, by faith in this world and by sight in the world to come.
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He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.
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I was 17 and just learning what high fidelity was, what good sound was, and learning the mechanics of tape machines. It was a real education, going right from the consumer end to the record factory.
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The past can be used to renew the present, not just to bury it.
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This willingness continually to revise one's own location in order to place oneself in the path of beauty is the basic impulse underlying education.
