Edwin Way Teale Quotes
The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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I never said most of the things I said.
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I need nothing from my companion. No money, no financial security, no emotional support, nothing. All I want is the freedom to be myself.
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The study of error is not only in the highest degree prophylactic, but it serves as a stimulating introduction to the study of truth.
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I am a mortician who tells you that you don't necessarily need a mortician.
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I've never been tempted to do these hideous furniture shoes.
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My ritual is cooking. I find it therapeutic. It comes naturally to me. I can read a recipe and won't have to look at it again.
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Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone.
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One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.
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History can never be covered up.
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I thought that I could have a career in music. I really didn't know exactly what I wanted to do or how I would go about doing it.
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I think metal and horror definitely go hand in hand. Even when you go to a horror convention and meet the fans, nine out of 10 times if they're not wearing some sort of horror shirt, they're wearing a shirt with a metal band on it.
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People's ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes, was seldom put to the test better than in Germany at that time.
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My parents always say I have really good legs. I've worked really hard for them. They always insist that I show my legs.
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I have a bunch of brothers. I grew up with a big family.
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If we had paused to tell the people that we were Marxist-Leninists while we were on Pico Turquino and not yet strong, it is possible that we would never have been able to descend to the plains.
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Truth is … one approach to the attainment of the good, but in and of itself, it is neither the good nor the beautiful … Socrates, Pascal, and others regarded knowledge of the truth with regard to purposeless objects as incongruous with the good … by exposing deception, truth destroys illusion, which is the principle attribute of beauty.
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The little honesty that exists among authors is discernible in the unconscionable way they misquote from the writings of others.
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I just happen to like the work. I like preparing for a role. I like reading. I like analyzing. I like literature. I like emotions. I like working with other actors.
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I have been luckier than anyone I know or even heard of. I had a very happy childhood, a good education, I enjoyed working as a teacher, journalist and author. I have loved a wonderful man for over 33 years, and I believe he loves me, too.
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Just look at Andy Roddick. He has the biggest serve on the men's tour and he's not the No. 1 because other parts of his game are not so good. I think it's more important to have the desire and the other parts of your game.
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As long as learning is connected with earning, as long as certain jobs can only be reached through exams, so long must we take the examination system seriously. If another ladder to employment was contrived, much so-called education would disappear, and no one be a penny the stupider.
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In a recession, people want to be told for two hours that everything is going to be OK. They want to escape from their humdrum or painful reality into a feel-good drama, or a love story that transcends their daily life.
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The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web.
