Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

The man who renounces himself, comes to himself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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• The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Trouble
  • Young
  • Sixties

• I just feel it's important to make sure that behind the scenes is as filled with diverse voices as in front of the scene is.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Important
  • Feel
  • Behind

• I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.

  

  Walter Mosley
  • Think
  • Science
  • Loved

• I would love to win the Champions League once again. Winning big trophies like the Champions League or the World Cup is usually making people think, 'The players are not hungry any more.' Still, that's not what I feel.

  

  Bastian Schweinsteiger
  • People
  • Think
  • Like

• To be rude to someone is not my nature.

  

  Farrah Fawcett
  • Nature
  • Someone
  • Rude

• I wanted to be a professional drummer.

  

  Walter Payton
  • Professional
  • Drummer

• In L.A., it's easy to get wrapped up in this young Hollywood mess. You feel like you have to go out every night. You have to realize that you're here to work. I didn't move out here to party all the time.

  

  Taylor Spreitler
  • Up
  • Time
  • Work

• I like the two worlds coming together in the Internet space, which is so up for grabs... It all struck me when I heard about Twitter and Instagram, how it's like notes you pass in class. If someone's passing you a note, you really should be doing something else, and instead you're like, oh, 'What are you doing?'

  

  Parker Posey
  • Up
  • Together
  • Me

• Reality TV looks more like America than movies do.

  

  Gabrielle Union
  • America
  • Reality
  • Movies

• Yes, actually ever since I saw his films and tried to write about them, Sirk's been in everything I've done. Not Sirk himself, but what I've learned from his work.

  

  Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Work
  • Done
  • Learned

• But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living.

  

  Fay Godwin
  • Great
  • Country
  • Try

• People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • People
  • Great
  • Easy

• The values of Islam are expressed by Muslims clearly. September 11 changed the world, and put Muslims on the spotlight.

  

  Karen Armstrong
  • World
  • Values
  • September

• Meat and poultry is safe. It's safer than it's probably ever been.

  

  Dan Glickman
  • Safe
  • Meat
  • Ever

• I have no direct knowledge of this, but I suspect that Apple will launch a living room product that redefines people's expectations really strongly, and the notion of a separate console platform will disappear concurrent with Apple's announcement.

  

  Gabe Newell
  • People
  • Knowledge
  • Apple

• For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

  

  Carl Sagan
  • Me
  • Universe
  • Better

• I guess for my skin, I clean it and moisturize and try to drink water. How boring is this though? I'm convinced that it comes from within. If you're happy and healthy, it shows.

  

  Olivia Wilde
  • Happy
  • Water
  • Healthy

• Die wahre Tugend ist Genialität.

  

  Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
  • Die

• I am just so grateful for every single day, and if I could just not think past today, I would be living the life that I think God meant me to live.

  

  Margo Martindale
  • Life
  • God
  • Live

• Obviously, as an actor, when you re playing a real person, it is an extra challenge.

  

  Ben Schnetzer
  • Real
  • Challenge

• Morality is standing by your friends, standing by people when it's not popular. It's sacrificing things on a big international stage, and sometimes it's sacrificing your basic comforts.

  

  Sandra Bernhard
  • People
  • Sometimes
  • Sacrifice

• I do think it's getting better, but I have noticed that Asians are not well represented in awards shows, and not a ton of Asian faces on the big screen either. Perhaps some of the young Asian actors who are on TV series now will be seen in upcoming movies in the near future - Jamie Chung, Constance Wu, Suzy Nakamura, to name a few. Fingers crossed.

  

  Lauren Tom
  • Future

• I didn't have an agent, I didn't have a headshot. I didn't even know if anyone would know where to find me. I just went back to highschool and started playing with my band.

  

  Jason Schwartzman
  • Band

• The man who renounces himself, comes to himself.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson