Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
The highest compact we can make with our fellow, is, - 'Let there be truth between us two forevermore'.
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Texas is a pretty free state.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
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I just lip gloss! It doesn't matter if it's $2 or $30.
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The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures.
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As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
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There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating.
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Of course the United States and Russia have different interests. Nevertheless, both are strategic partners.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I hear that happening, I have to say, 'What's the point?'
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So many of us have friends or family who have battled cancer, and we know how important it is to find a cure.
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I think we live in a culture where it is really difficult to get privacy because everything is so accessible. It's very difficult to maintain your comfortable life with a sort of mystique.
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When he was young, I told Dale Jr. that hunting and racing are a lot alike. Holding that steering wheel and holding that rifle both mean you better be responsible.
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I love Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. I also love more cerebral poets like H.D. and Emily Dickinson. My parents subscribed to a monthly poetry periodical, and as a teenager I was introduced to Denise Levertov, who was an influence.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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When I'm not surfing or sailing, I am to be found at the harbour working on my boat.
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My character has always been important to me. That was the one thing that I knew, no matter what, I had to hold that strong.
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Among the Huguenots he learned to be gentle and courteous; to bear himself among his elders respectfully, but without fear or shyness; to consider that, while all things were of minor consequence in comparison to the right to worship God in freedom and purity, yet that a man should be fearless of death, ready to defend his rights, but with moderation and without pushing them to the injury of others; that he should be grave and decorous of speech, and yet of a gay and cheerful spirit.
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Of what use is genius, if the organ is too convex or too concave and cannot find a focal distance within the actual horizon of human life?
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Sometimes I wish I was one of those artists like David Bowie. They're not putting their private lives out there; it's about show and entertainment. But an alter ego is very dangerous for me. Because I am the guy who will become lost in that.
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I was disappointed, but I kind of knew it was going to be an uphill struggle because of how strong the first season [of "True Detective"] was.
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The highest compact we can make with our fellow, is, - 'Let there be truth between us two forevermore'.
