Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.
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When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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I like someone with a really good and dark sense of humour.
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I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.
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There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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I love a lot of music that's considered folk music, but I also love a lot of music that's considered punk or considered rap. I don't mind being called a folk singer. But it seems a bit limiting. I want to be able to write whatever kind of song I want.
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There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.
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There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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I had the feeling that focusing on objects and telling a story through them would make my protagonists different from those in Western novels - more real, more quintessentially of Istanbul.
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All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.
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I am thinking about launching a wine website where there is a deal and the crowd can dictate how cheap it can get.
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The parts I've got to create are a little bit different to a lot of guys my age.
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Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us but the attitude we bring to life.
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He's so interesting because you think you know Dennis Hopper, but you don't really know Dennis Hopper. I don't really know Dennis Hopper, I just know him from the silver screen.
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I had done the sitcom thing to lesser and lesser degrees of success.
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I'm all about building a relationship with viewers and getting to know them.
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Love myself, love yourself, peace.
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The reward of a thing well done is having done it.
