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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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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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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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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In my view, there is nothing more vicious and outrageous than the abuse, exploitation and harm of the most vulnerable members of our society, and I firmly believe that our nation's laws and resources need to reflect the seriousness of these terrible crimes.
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When we were at the CMT Awards this year, Robert Plant was there. What an icon, I love him... But I can't go up and speak to him, because I don't want to seem like a goob.
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I love Marlon Brando. Never seem him bad, just less good.
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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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I go out, but not too much. When I'm on tour, I just write a lot of music and sleep.
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No more slave States; no slave Territories.
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Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.
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Defenceless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair, Show an affirming flame.
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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.
