Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream.
Quotes to Explore
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I have a song about being in love. I have a song about being supportive. There's inspiring ones, and there's some that show a little bit more fun and daring. It really is a range of who I am.
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I love Coco de Mer.
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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
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I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do it. It was like 10 or 12 years into my career before I felt like maybe I can do it. It was such a different time than now.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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Why not premiere movies on Netflix the same day they're opening in theaters? Listen to the consumer; give the consumer what they want.
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Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
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Pave your own path and be fearless.
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One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.
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Midi is my hobby.
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I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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Illinois needs a single-payer health care system, and as governor, I will take the steps to get us there.
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I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing.
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It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
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My parents had no money, but they had strong values that I've carried throughout my life - things like not going into debt, never borrowing money, never leveraging, paying your bills on time, keeping your agreements, selling customers the right things, treating employees right, and growing things.
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Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel.
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Ch. 2 Relativity
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I don't know the science behind climate change. I can't say one way or another what is the direct impact, whether it's man-made or not.
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Writing a play is like smashing that [glass] ashtray, filming it in slow motion, and then running the film in reverse, so that the fragments of rubble appear to fly together. You start - or at least I start - with the rubble.
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My favorite books are psychology, self-help, and I'm fascinated by Jung, by dream work.
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I miss L.A. because of the weather. It can change so much in Calgary. You can get a storm one minute, and then the sun will come out and it will be hot.
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There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream.
