Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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In Yellowstone National Park, there are more 'do not feed the animals' signs than there are animals you might wish to feed.
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From when I was young, I wanted to be an action hero. I always dreamed about being an action star. So finally, I made it.
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I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.
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Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.
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When you take risks and things don't go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.
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You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's.
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I feel very strongly that young women have regressed a little bit. But I do get all preachy about it.
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If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.
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Experience is what you get while looking for something else.
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I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.
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That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.
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You can never lose anything that really belongs to you, and you can't keep that which belongs to someone else.
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Have an earnestness for death and you will have life.
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Value is what you get.
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Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.
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Are you a Democrat because you're a union member? Then why, after eight years of Bill Clinton, does some Chinese guy in Guangdong province have your job?
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I certainly was performing before my writing was published, because I was performing when I was very young. And the thing is I'm very comfortable on stage, so a large portion of my act did come from ad-libs.
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I walk on the wire; it's my profession, and there are no two high wire walks alike.
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I got back from Toronto, where they had a severe outbreak of SARS- you know, Severe Asian Racism Syndrome.
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I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When you're quoted in the 'Wall Street Journal', the 'New York Times', constantly as the expert in the business people assume you're a lot bigger than you are. And then I had to run like hell to catch up with my own image.
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It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'
