Elsie de Wolfe Quotes
It does not matter whether one paints a picture, writes a poem, or carves a statue - simplicity is the mark of a master-hand.

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I have always been interested in politics. I was in the student union before, very active.
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I'm the kinda person, you gotta fight for everything you get. You gotta believe in yourself.
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I'm not going to run away from my responsibilities.
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She would worry, just as you worry. It’s the people who don’t worry-those who never have any doubts that what they’re doing is good and right-they’re the ones that cause the problems.
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For decades, Wall Street has charged companies a standard fee of 7 percent to sell their shares to the public.
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Time is the wisest counselor of all.
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I've spent a lot of time trying to understand how all the big cosmetics companies get away with the placebo science and unscientific claims.
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All of philanthropy is harnessing that urge to have your name on something, and using it for good.
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You gotta understand - the state of Mississippi was in rebellion. It had rebelled against the United States. Now that has been a very difficult story for America to tell, but that's what actually happened.
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The rhythm of my career has always been very static, staccato and then silent, and then a lot of work, and then none.
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Movies are movies, television is television.
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I don't want to be jumping from team to team.
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The invention of ethical and political doctrines, which blossomed into our own social sciences, is a product of times when things appeared manageable. The same goes for the criticism of those doctrines, though as a voice from the past, this criticism proved prophetic.
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The cheese board is my big treat at Christmas that I have to deny myself during the rest of year.
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I think that if I'd not made the movie, I might be a veterinarian in Connecticut. I would probably be married with some children. That's probably the way it would be. But because of the film [the Exorcist], I don't have a normal life by somebody else's standards.
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I think God has me on a path. I think he puts certain people in my life, and angels send messages to me, like, Kanye, I want you to say this, and I want you to say that, and I want you to talk to this girl here, and I don't want you to do this over here.
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Integrity is the foundation upon which all other values are built.
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The Army has carried the American... ideal to its logical conclusion... Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on the grounds of ability.
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I have but one passion: to enlighten those who have been kept in the dark, in the name of humanity which has suffered so much and is entitled to happiness. My fiery protest is simply the cry of my very soul.
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The critics - how come you never see any of them on TV?
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I'll always be an outrageous character.
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It does not matter whether one paints a picture, writes a poem, or carves a statue - simplicity is the mark of a master-hand.