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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To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.
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I can only hope that my future movies will do well.
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I do suspect we are going to get signs of life elsewhere, but how well prepared are we for this? Have we thought how we will approach them? We need to start thinking about that.
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I have no ambitions at all! I have none... seriously. I want to be a good father. I want to be a good husband. I want to be a good son, a good brother, a good family member. I don't have any ambition to direct a film or write a play. I like acting.
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Only when you live desperately can you shine the light of life.
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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.