Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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The best way to travel abroad is to live with the locals.
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Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering.
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I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.
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Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
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I suffered from 'No one will ever fancy me!' syndrome, well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.
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I figure that that has a ten year cycle. At the end of that ten years, I began to get worried that I would run into what is known as the writer's block, the feeling of not being able to do these things.
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Not every woman has time to go to a salon and have her hair blow-dried every day.
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I think it's just important to be able to keep things to myself and to have these moments that can't be - where I don't put them out and feel like they could be misunderstood, you know?
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And also, it's sort of my job to make you believe things about him that aren't true about me.
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I love to make a one-pot meal - think stir-fry but in the French Fricassee. I start with what takes the longest to roast and then add vegetables, fresh herbs, and starch until the meal is complete in one shot.
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Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers.
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I was an avid reader, but never thought seriously about writing a novel until I was in my thirties. I took no formal fiction-writing courses and never thought about these categories when I wrote my first novel.
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I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
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A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.
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I'm definitely a guitar player, but it's the last thing I listen to in a song, after the singer and the drums.
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As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.
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I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.
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No access to me, nor my staff, will ever affect what we do to protect consumers of the state of Florida.
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I'm the 'Scandal'-'Nashville' kind of TV watcher.
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My purpose is to help people look at themselves and begin to shift their concepts. Remember, we are not our country, our race, or religion. We are eternal spirits. Seeing ourselves as spiritual beings without label is a way to transform the world and reach a sacred place for all of humanity.
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Unless a man believes in himself and makes a total commitment to his career and puts everything he has into it - his mind, his body, his heart - what's life worth to him?
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Many a man has been dined out of his religion, and his politics, and his manhood, almost.
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No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
