Elizabeth Wein Quotes
I am quite Pan-like in my naïve confidence that he will play by the rules and keep his word.
Quotes to Explore
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Those of us raised in modern cities tend to notice horizontal and vertical lines more quickly than lines at other orientations. In contrast, people raised in nomadic tribes do a better job noticing lines skewed at intermediate angles, since Mother Nature tends to work with a wider array of lines than most architects.
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I am a classic Star Trek fanatic. When I was a kid, my mom and I used to go to conventions.
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I love writing. I feel ridiculously lucky that this is what I get to do all day.
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Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition.
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Always believe what you see - with your own eyes, that is. Always believe what you see. That's the best way to go about this business. I've heard a lot of things about a lot of people, and it was never true.
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I feel like fashion and music relate to each other in a lot of ways. I always had to be creative: I'm a very creative person. I always liked making stuff. Apart from music, I always liked making clothes. You're able to express yourself.
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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
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I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it.
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I write because writing is something that I have to do. And it doesn't matter whether people like it or not. When I write, I feel the pressure and anxiety that come with taking an empty piece of paper and trying to fill it with something from your own consciousness.
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I'm more comfortable knowing that, chances are, I'm going to fail at this. I've become comfortable with that.
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The principle of the design - the harmony, rhythm and balance are all the same with interior and fashion design.
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One day, you're a nobody, and the next, you're in a movie that everybody is talking about. But Hollywood has a way of knocking you back down to Earth.
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Even if there is endless documentation, it would be impossible to know what a man thought inside his own mind... This is where the novelist's creative imagination has to take over.
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I checked myself out in that funeral parlour scene. I saw myself laughing, because there was a shot of Ed and I together and Mary was right in back of us. My head turned from the camera and I saw myself laughing, because Mary was absolutely brilliant in that thing.
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Basically, I think of fiction and non-fiction as different ways of engaging with the world. You reach a point where you feel you have said all you possibly can, in reportage or a review essay or a reflection on history, which 'From the Ruins of Empire' was.
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It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.
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The greatest works of art speak to us without knowing us.
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When sages commend excess, Desire is sick.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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In some sense, not just the Gulf Coast was attacked but America's self-confidence.
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When you want something badly enough, you will develop the confidence and the ability to overcome any obstacle in your way.
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Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.
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I am quite Pan-like in my naïve confidence that he will play by the rules and keep his word.
