Bayard Taylor Quotes
An enthusiastic desire of visiting the Old World haunted me from early childhood. I cherished a presentiment, amounting almost to belief, that I should one day behold the scenes, among which my fancy had so long wandered.
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Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look.
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I was playing sports all the time, and my parents, Anne and John, encouraged me to play in grade school and high school.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
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Whereas, generally speaking, zinc reacts suitably only with the first members of the alkyl iodides, with magnesium it is possible to use bromides, iodides, and in many cases, chlorides.
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I hate competition.
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I love the Web, but the basis of my work is going through the physical books. When you go to the library, you see other books around on the shelves that you never knew existed. You can flip through a book and see the whole outline of it.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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The experience of making a movie is far removed from watching the end result. It's exciting, but it still makes me squirm.
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Jealousy... is a mental cancer.
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Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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It's true that I'm not ashamed of my body. I'm comfortable, and I think more women should be more confident.
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It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.
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How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
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How can the cost of education be the cost of life? It is unacceptable; it is reprehensible that we have allowed it to fester.
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I'll admit that I do quite like drinks that come in coconut shells. So there's always that.
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Art has never been a popularity contest.
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If Nietzsche is correct, that to shame a man is to kill him, then any honest attempt at autobiography will be an act of self-destruction.
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In my experience a painting is not made with colors and paint at all. I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint?
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The merest presence of life, even the smallest possible quantity of volition, desire and intent was enough to reverse the process by which the eternal landscape of hell made itself known.
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An enthusiastic desire of visiting the Old World haunted me from early childhood. I cherished a presentiment, amounting almost to belief, that I should one day behold the scenes, among which my fancy had so long wandered.
