Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Though thou loved her as thyself, As a self of purer clay, Tho' her parting dims the day, Stealing grace from all alive, Heartily know, When half-gods go, The gods arrive.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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• You always need that spark of imagination. Sometimes I'm midway through a book before it happens. However, I don't wait for the muse to descend, I sit down every day and I work when I'm not delivering lambs on the farm.

  

  Barbara Kingsolver
  • Work
  • Book
  • Day

• I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.

  

  Tamsin Egerton
  • Watching
  • Judgmental

• It's always interesting about God because it's like all of the religions in the world say that they pray to the same God, and yet they ask that same one God to divide itself up and agree with this one and fight against that one.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Up
  • World
  • God

• The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.

  

  Dana Brunetti
  • Kids
  • You
  • Down

• Yes, I guess I am bi-coastal.

  

  Tea Leoni
  • Bi-coastal

• You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.

  

  Harold Prince
  • Work
  • Style
  • Romantic

• Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Truth
  • Acting
  • Telling

• The thing about Drew Goddard and Mike Schur is that they are legit geniuses, and they love storytelling. They love creating worlds, love messing with the audience; they love doing things that we don't expect. To get to be a part of that is too good to be true.

  

  D'Arcy Carden
  • Good
  • Love
  • True

• I've made it abundantly clear that I think that marriage is between a man and a woman.

  

  Karen Handel
  • Man
  • Marriage
  • Woman

• You've got no chance of reaching the top if you're just playing for money.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • Money
  • You
  • Chance

• The fashion I've acquired over the years is so sacred to me – from costumes to couture, high fashion to punk wear I've collected from my secret international hot spots. I keep everything in an enormous archive in Hollywood.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Fashion
  • Secret
  • Hollywood

• I actually remember the exact date I got the call that I got the 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' role - May 6, 2016. It was probably the best day of my life.

  

  Jacob Batalon
  • Life
  • May
  • Remember

• A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding to it, shaping it; and one's religion is never complete and final, it seems, but must always be undergoing modification.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Together
  • Man
  • Religion

• Beyond politics, the West is suffering from what can be called a crisis of brokenness - broken institutions, broken families and broken souls.

  

  Gary Bauer
  • Suffering
  • Politics
  • Broken

• I recognized that I needed to re-train my brain to stop eating like I wanted to punish myself or punish someone else. I needed to re-learn how to eat like I loved myself, and want to nourish and support myself.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • Support
  • Stop
  • Myself

• I love New York. I can walk half a block and I'm at the grocery store. I don't have to drive anywhere.

  

  Camren Bicondova
  • Love
  • New York
  • Walk

• God, my brain really goes to mush when I'm pregnant.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • God
  • Brain
  • Goes

• I refuse to dress 'hot' for Halloween, 'cause I always have to have makeup and hair and look cute for my job. So on Halloween, I either go gory or weird or funny.

  

  Rachel Platten
  • Job
  • Funny
  • Hair

• I don't have a radio or TV going all the time. It's very important to have awareness, to know when you tense up and then to stop that.

  

  Barbara Sukowa
  • Up
  • Time
  • Important

• I set our house on fire when I was a little child playing with lighters. Boy, did I burn the place down!

  

  Flavor Flav
  • House
  • Boy
  • Fire

• There are many things to admire about Japan but this is the one thing I love the most and probably the only time I eat breakfast. Fish, eggs, soup, salad, veggies; all in the tiniest bites. It's a full meal, but it's so refreshing.

  

  David Chang
  • Time
  • Breakfast

• I do these conventions sometimes. We've been doing a lot of 'The Vampire Diaries' conventions, but I do Comic-Con and stuff all over the world. They can be taxing, and they can take it out of you a little bit, but it's just great for the fans.

  

  David Anders
  • World
  • Great
  • Vampire

• I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry - writing at writing.

  

  Maya Angelou
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Poetry

• Though thou loved her as thyself, As a self of purer clay, Tho' her parting dims the day, Stealing grace from all alive, Heartily know, When half-gods go, The gods arrive.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson