Elizabeth Prentiss Quotes
The thorny path bears some of the sweetest flowers that adorn life. And when with naked, bleeding feet we walk upon a flinty soil, we often find diamonds.
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I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
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We live in a world now where everything is tweeted and Instagrammed and tagged and now, God help us, Vined. Calling out grievances over Twitter has become an industry norm.
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When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month.
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Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out.
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The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.
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I've really loved steampunk for a long time, ever since 'Wild Wild West,' and it's always been a genre and an era that's fascinated me. But so often it's set in England, and that doesn't really resonate with me, or maybe it just seems a little overdone.
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If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
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You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed.
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The experience of reading a book is always unique. I believe that you render a version of the story, when you read a book, in a way that is unique and special to each person who reads it.
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People say it gets better but it doesn't. It just gets different, that's all.
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Dance is something I really enjoy; it gives me a different kind of happiness, something more spiritual. Plus it's good exercise; I'm happy doing it, and it all shows!
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I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.
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Having been a journalist for almost 20 years and then becoming a politician has definitely been an interesting and enriching experience for me.
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It's amazing. My kids have grown me in ways I never knew possible. The patience I've received and the love I get from them is just amazing.
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I should not be judged by a standard that's not applied to everyone else.
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If you're Irish, it doesn't matter where you go - you'll find family.
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I don't think of myself as being disabled, or able-bodied.
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John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone.
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What Jesus said we could do is leave typical behind.
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Oh God, to think that you only fall in love once in your entire life is such a depressing thought.
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The thorny path bears some of the sweetest flowers that adorn life. And when with naked, bleeding feet we walk upon a flinty soil, we often find diamonds.
