Lord Byron Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.
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Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.
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The first time I went to Johnny Depp's house in LA is when I realized what I was getting myself into. I knew he was famous, but I didn't really know what that entailed.
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If I wasn't acting, I would sail professionally. Nowhere specific, but I'd sail to Bermuda, South Africa, ya know, get paid to race in Regattas, I think that'd be pretty rad.
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The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.
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I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.
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Voluntary self-directed religion was more dangerous to the Church than any number of infidels.
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Some fans get genuinely upset if I admit that a song that they held close to their heart was not based on actual events in my life. Like 'What Sarah Said': I was never in a waiting room in a hospital waiting for news that somebody was going to die.
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Distances did nothing. It’s all here.
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I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl.
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Chanel is a very important vendor for Neiman Marcus. My favorite thing is the way they finish off the hems on dresses and jackets.
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So if I design it and then go away, it's still living somewhere and it still exists by itself without me.
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Some defeats are only installments to victory.
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'Tracks' is based on the book by Robyn Davidson who, in the mid-Seventies, decided to leave the city, go to the outback, learn to train camels and walk across the Australian desert to the ocean: a journey that is about two thousand miles and will take about six or seven months.
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The days of peace and slumberous calm are fled.
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Back in the 1980s, when I was a lowly editorial assistant by day and trying to be a novelist by night, no god reigned so supreme as the god of literary prose.
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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.
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It’s better to live as “Mr. Good guy” to a few people who trust you rather than living as “Mr. Perfect” to many people who talk behind you.
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I am disturbed when I see the majority of so-called Christians having such little understanding of the real nature of the faith they profess. Faith is a subject of such importance that we should not ignore it because of the distractions or the hectic pace of our lives.
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Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.
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If a man has so much heat he burns your skin when he touches you, he's the devil. Run away
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I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.
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By consequence, or train of thoughts, I understand that succession of one thought to another which is called, to distinguish it from discourse in words, mental discourse. When a man thinketh on anything whatsoever, his next thought after is not altogether so casual as it seems to be. Not every thought to every thought succeeds indifferently.
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This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction.
