Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that, if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for Being.
Quotes to Explore
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I've had enough boyfriends and enough issues. I'd seen enough train wrecks.
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I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.
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As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music.
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Brands like Starbucks came along and talked about their brand as itself being a community, the idea that Starbucks is what they like to call a 'third place,' which is not their idea; it's the idea of basic citizenry needing a place that is not work, that is not home, where citizens gather.
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I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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The addition of nuts in salad... I always find to be beneficial.
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I must stick with Chinese language films.
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I had a strong vision for 'The Best Man Holiday,' so I was able to translate that to the actors and ultimately to the screen. Things can't get too heavy or too outrageously funny; it has to strike a balance. Tone is everything. If you've set the right tone, you can get away with a lot of stuff. You can get away with making people cry.
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Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.
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I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
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Sometimes I listen to music and I wonder how did they get certain sounds.
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I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.
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I hate to travel with stuff.
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A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.
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Atoms are driven by consciousness. In proximity to love, they move in harmonious collaboration with other atoms. When in proximity to fear, they become disharmonious and chaotic. We choose each moment the energy that surrounds us.
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When I got to college, I discovered how many incredible opportunities NASA offered students pursuing a career in the space industry.
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You pick up some fans and a handful of haters along the way.
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Distance does not break off the friendship absolutely, but only the activity of it.
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Problems are the gifts that make us dig out and figure out who we are, what we're made for, and what we're responsible to give back to life.
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Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that, if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for Being.
