Elinor Wylie Quotes
One man stands as free men stand As if his soul might be Brave, unbroken; see his hand Nailed to an oaken tree.
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My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'
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Craig Newmark looks like the kind of guy who would help you move your apartment, sell your furniture, get a job, or help you find that cute girl you saw on the subway.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Fear is... a kind of unintentional storytelling that we are all born knowing how to do.
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X Out is perfect for my schedule. It is so simple, fast and actually works. I am more confident in my own skin and always camera ready - a necessity in my line of work.
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No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
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I'm probably borderline OCD. I insist on having all objects at right angles to each other. So a fork has to be at a right angle to the knife on the table. The salt and pepper pots have to be placed close together. Only recently have I started to notice it's a weird way to behave.
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
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Words are but the signs of ideas.
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I cook more theoretically than I do practically. My job is creative, and in the kitchen, the biggest part of my creativity is theoretical.
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I want to do that. That's my goal. I want to become a legend.
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The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that, and then I put it out there and say to you, 'What do you think?' I hope that you think well of it, obviously.
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At school I had only admirers; I had no friends.
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I really don't know the secret to it, but I'd like to think my desirability is a combination of my personality, my image, and, most importantly, the kind of films I do.
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I've always said I've wanted to be around forever. I never wanted to be the latest, greatest thing. I want to be like Willie Nelson - touring when I'm 70. To do that, you can't be the latest, greatest thing because those things fizzle out.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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Every single race that I get on the podium in biathlon, I'm shocked.
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One ends up relying on pure musical inspiration, and failing that, the music won't lead to anything good, or it will alienate all but the most die-hard fans.
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If you have a pre-conceived idea of the world, you edit information. When it leads you down a certain road, you don't challenge your own beliefs.
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If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to modify your goal slightly. Have the ability to look in another direction. A small shift could guide you to the real purposes of your life.
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You should never think without an image.
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One man stands as free men stand As if his soul might be Brave, unbroken; see his hand Nailed to an oaken tree.
