Anne Sexton Quotes
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There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.
R. D. Laing -
If you could find a way to peel back the skin of this world so to speak, would you really see this supernatural reality that is greater? Is it true that we fight not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers? Every young person wants to know.
Ted Dekker -
Everybody knows the story of The Smiths. You can still go and see Morrissey.
Jack Lowden -
A lot of people have told me they have mothers like my mother. I seriously doubt it.
Hannah Gadsby -
That's double-edged: it's amazing that they're bringing me in and showing people new ideas, and at the same time it's a little hard because seventy percent of the time or even higher I'm not going to get those roles.
Rachel True -
I usually end up making a huge mess every morning when I get dressed. My outfit affects my whole day. I'm always running late, and I'm always trying to make sure I feel really good in what I'm wearing, because if you're wearing something you're not comfortable in, it ruins your day.
Tavi Gevinson
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If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem.
M. H. Abrams -
There are many unidentified bands in the spectra of stars. Wide bands are produced by some complex molecules in the interstellar space.
Garik Israelian -
Every child matters. If we fail our children, we are bound to fail our present, our future, faith, cultures, and civilisations as well.
Kailash Satyarthi -
I have to say I wasn't a huge fan of 'Star Wars', and I'm still not, really, but you have to acknowledge that there's a huge fan base for it, and these people are really sweet. You can't stereotype a 'Star Wars' fan.
Ralph Brown -
I believe that when Crazy Horse was killed, something more than a man's life was snuffed out.
Ian Frazier -
For those who are able to work, work has to be seen as the best route out of poverty. For work is not just about more money - it is transformative. It's about taking responsibility for yourself and your family.
Iain Duncan Smith
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Mildred Pierce was capable of great acts of love as a mother.
Kate Winslet -
When it comes to social issues, Republicans don't just need to be more empathetic. They also need to be more emphatic in explaining to voters what they believe, and why.
Gary Bauer -
Surely, God could have caused birds to fly with their bones made of solid gold, with their veins full of quicksilver, with their flesh heavier than lead, and with their wings exceedingly small. He did not, and that ought to show something. It is only in order to shield your ignorance that you put the Lord at every turn to the refuge of a miracle.
Galileo Galilei -
A sensible man should not demand of me, or hope that when we mention a subject, we shall make a complete exposition of it.
Maimonides -
When men in relationships have more money, we say they have the power. When women in relationships have more money, we say they are being used.
Warren Farrell -
Es ist niemals ein Dokument der Kultur, ohne zugleich ein solches der Barbarei zu sein.
Walter Benjamin
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I wish that I was one of those kids who grew up saying I always wanted to be an astronaut and was really good at science and math. But that wasn't really the case. I always liked it, but I never believed I was one of the smart kids.
Emily Calandrelli -
I don't want features, I want value. I don't want benefits, I want value.
Jeffrey Gitomer -
There are only two kinds of men who become dentists. The ones who love it and ones who get miserable. Think round and you'll see I'm right.
Margery Allingham -
I want to be really, really clear about this. It doesn't mean that everyone or even the majority of people who voted for Donald Trump are racist or white supremacists or anything like that. But what it means is that it's not a mistake that Trump began his campaign with birthersism .
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
Catch me. I'm your disease.
Anne Sexton