Bayard Taylor Quotes
People can't see that if I had not been a poet, I could never have had such success as a traveler.
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Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
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You have to handle adversity well. There are roadblocks you will have to fight through.
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I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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Whatever people thought the first time they held a portable phone the size of a shoe in their hands, it was nothing like where we are now, accustomed to having all knowledge at our fingertips.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.
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The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center serves as a poignant reminder of our past and a trusted source of education for schoolchildren, community members, and visitors from across the country.
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It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to star in it, when no one knows who they are. The only time it happened that I know of was when Sylvester Stallone did it in 'Rocky.'
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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that.
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.
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I don't have to be a size zero anymore. But I still want to feel and look good.
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It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.
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I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go.
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People are always coming up to me, thinking I've got some magic wand that can make them a star and I want to tell them that no one can do that. Making hit records is not that easy. But it took me time to realize that myself.
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Los Angeles has all the ingredients of success... but we need to start with our education system.
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Surely if there be any habit which your own hand and eye should help in forming, it is the habit of prayer.
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I've seen stand up comedy, and after a while you start to notice that a lot of people are doing things that are like a lot of other people. There can be a bit of a herd mentality, and that's obviously less interesting because there's less going on. I'm just being totally frank with you.
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People have told me that Ive helped them feel confident, like they can say things they want to say. They can talk about feminism in class without people calling them a lesbian. Thats so amazing that I can make someone feel like that.
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People can't see that if I had not been a poet, I could never have had such success as a traveler.
