Elsie de Wolfe Quotes
I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise who have never dared to be fools.
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Born in a cellar... and living in a garret.
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Be who you are. It's easy to feel like you have to blend in, but it takes courage to live your life with conviction and embrace the person that you are.
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I don't think my background in Zambia has really affected my lens because my classical training has been Western-style. But it's fantastically fortuitous to have been born African because I don't feel I have a vested interest to the U.S. or China or wherever.
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A person is born with a liking for profit.
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I was born in Sweden, and in Sweden we are known for the piracy services.
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Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage.
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Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.
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I was born naked. I'm a natural. I'm a natural nude. So I've been on camera naked a lot.
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I can make a virtue of slapdash. Slapdash can give you courage.
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On the cue 'five aunts' I had given at the knees a trifle, for the thought of being confronted with such a solid gaggle of aunts, even if those of another, was an unnerving one. Reminding myself that in this life it is not aunts that matter, but the courage that one brings to them, I pulled myself together.
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There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.
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Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.
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I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides.
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Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later.
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No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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With his trademark courage and conviction, President Reagan led us out of the Cold War, spreading his vision of freedom, resulting in the release of millions of people from the yoke of communism.
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You can always find a reason to say no. It's the easiest vote. It's also not exactly a red badge of courage.
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In the end, young people are at risk of being disinherited from their community if that community lacks the courage and confidence to teach its history.
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A novel takes the courage of a marathon runner, and as long as you have to run, you might as well be a winning marathon runner. Serendipity and blind faith faith in yourself won't hurt a thing. All the bastards in the world will snicker and sneer because they haven't the talent to zip up their flies by themselves. To hell with them, particularly the critics. Stand in there, son, no matter how badly you are battered and hurt.
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so immagine what you want and hold onto that thoughtcause thats as close as it will ever comeand believe you're were you're arekeep acting out the partbut at the end of the daythe trees all get wheeled awayand you'll be standing alone in a blank, blank space
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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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She knew that life was but a long struggle against disorder, and that disorder was the inevitable winner.
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I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise who have never dared to be fools.
