Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
To-day unbind the captive, So only are ye unbound; Lift up a people from the dust, Trump of their rescue, sound!
Quotes to Explore
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I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.
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A world free of nuclear weapons will be safer and more prosperous.
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My son's a West Point cadet.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.
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I say I haven't lost my religion. I've lost my ideology.
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
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Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.
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I'm trying to write a TV show. Ideally it would be just a reality-TV show, getting the guy who played Eddie Winslow and Kirk Cameron to live in a house. The Jehovah's Witnesses would come to the house a lot or something like that. I kind of like the idea of Scientologists and Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses trying to convert Kirk Cameron.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.
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Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed.
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Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was finished. If I had looked back at what I had written the day before I might have despaired.
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Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without war, in the slower process of humanitarian reform and social enlightenment.
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Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for.
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It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.
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If someone is interested in medicine and also in physics and they like working with people and communicate well with others, I would strongly encourage them.
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Being a rock star is really a 24-hour-a-day job, and you really can't escape it.
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Growing up in Europe, tight clothing is pretty standard. When I got to college, clothes were loose, so I was going toward more loose stuff. As soon as I got back to New York, I started wearing suits 25% of the year. Then, I realized how important it is for the suit to really fit you and be tight.
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As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.
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I do like the idea of women not showing too much, of them being quite reserved in a way, and quite covered.
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To-day unbind the captive, So only are ye unbound; Lift up a people from the dust, Trump of their rescue, sound!
