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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Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender that you are, it has the power to unite us.
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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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People say I am cheap, and I don't mind if they do.
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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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The hardest part for me is to finish a track. I start new projects all the time.
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I love being a teen because you don't have all the responsibilities of an adult yet.
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I felt that we had become a society ruled by sectors, by interest groups: Whoever's connected to the Israeli government gets more.
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I've got so much in my brain and I want to change the way we think sometimes.
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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.
