Ethel Smyth Quotes
When I came to know Greek art I instantly understood that excess and perfection are enemies; yet on the other hand this world and the millions of worlds around us live by fire ... !
Quotes to Explore
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I usually say I left puberty at 58.
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I love a real-life, movie moment in living color.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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Singing and dancing is not just for the cast of 'Glee'. We can wake up doing both and have it be a natural expression of who we are.
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I haven't gone to college yet and I intend to in a few years.
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Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And what is a younger woman? I mean, I'm pretty old. Almost everyone is younger.
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Actually, 'Die Hard' was the first movie I ever saw in the theater. When I was a newborn, my parents were going stir-crazy in the house, and they put me in the bassinet, and I slept through 'Die Hard' in the theater as an infant.
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When you're creating a fragrance, you're always thinking about what you want that first smell to be, that first reaction. It's a sensation, like a symphony with all of those layers and notes. I love the way it changes and the way it dries down. The fun thing about scent is that it's unique to everyone; pheromones take on a new scent.
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Even if the coverage is leaning toward you or whatever it may be, there's ways to beat it.
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What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?
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Life is ruthless, and its bestowal of fortune arbitrary and capricious. I'd been born to morons, and mine was a shabby life.
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Watching Madonna puffing on a cigar on David Letterman's show, I thought, 'Gosh, she's feeling so India! All she needs is long, black hair and a trip to the Caribbean to burn her skin up.'
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Federal law should hold organizations like the League of Women Voters harmless if they make good-faith mistakes while registering people.
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Michael Jordan was that guy - he was Michael Jordan. So whatever he did, we followed.
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Alcun non può saper da chi sia amato,Quando felice in su la ruota siede:Però c'ha i veri e i finti amici a lato,Che mostran tutti una medesma fede.Se poi si cangia in tristo il lieto stato,Volta la turba adulatrice il piede;E quel che di cor ama riman forte,Ed ama il suo signor dopo la morte.
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I had been singing since I was 3 years old, so my love of singing was always there.
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In addition to the vehicles currently known, the holy grail of commercial spaceflight remains a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) reusable spaceplane.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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As a unique person, I was bullied badly as a teen.
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I've always been very involved in anything that had to do with lung disease or cancer.
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You're not a moron. You're only a case of arrested development.
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When I came to know Greek art I instantly understood that excess and perfection are enemies; yet on the other hand this world and the millions of worlds around us live by fire ... !
