Esaias Tegner Quotes
We speak of profane arts; but there are none properly such; every art is holy in itself; it is the son of Eternal Light.
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I was born in Dallas, Texas, but I was raised in south Florida. 'Ice Ice Baby' is about that area.
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I don't really think about what's 'age appropriate' for my audience because I think they can handle quite a bit, but I do try to think about what's honest and true to my characters who have grown up in situations where they've been taught to handle these things very carefully and that they're very powerful.
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I freakin' hate Twitter, man. I honestly don't understand the purpose of it.
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My style is schizophrenic! One minute I'll be wearing bright girly dresses, and the next I'll be swinging towards more structured masculine things.
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I am definitely a person of color.
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Verily there is nothing in all Europe so beautiful as Valldemosa.
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No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.
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A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.
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I have always been terrified of the death of my parents. I never knew if I could count on myself. I never knew if that would send me over the edge.
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Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.'
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I'm well aware that I have been described in some quarters as being 'enigmatic, taciturn, prickly, explosive and forbidding'. Well, I have my moods like anyone else; I won't deny it.
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I keep all my clothes on in House on Haunted Hill, Mary Jane's Last Dance, and The Way of the Gun.
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We always see the point of an iceberg. So I've always accepted the idea that people - they don't necessarily know everything I am.
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Terrorism, ladies and gentlemen, in my eyes I have a very, very, very simple explanation. Gangs of criminals, killers, used unfortunately by certain governments in the past for political purposes, who are on their own now as gangs.
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All trials are trials for one’s life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.
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You live alone, creating your life as you go.
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I believe that people believe what they believe they believe.
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The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much unintermittent gloom.
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President Obama has proven himself to be a terrible negotiator. I don't support any trade deal negotiated by his administration.
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Having a little fun at my work does not make me any less of an artist and people who appreciate truly beautiful and original creations in pottery are not frightened by innocent tomfoolery!
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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'
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Marriage is a definite no-no. I am totally married to my company. Emotionally, my mother fills up the void in my life. So there it is. My company is a spouse I will never cheat on, and my mother completes me as a son. I think I have a full family unit of my own.
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I'm for the constitutional right to bear arms. I'm a hunter, and so is my son.
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We speak of profane arts; but there are none properly such; every art is holy in itself; it is the son of Eternal Light.
