Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes
What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes.
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I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.
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I had this 'War and Peace' thing of wanting to experience war as a kind of incredible human enterprise. I even applied to Officer Candidate School. Then the practical side of me kicked in and I thought, 'I really don't want to get drafted.' So I went down to the physical and checked every psychological disorder and drug on the medical history form.
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I love Coco de Mer.
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I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
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I think I'm very old-fashioned.
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When I did 'The Cell' - no matter what you think of that movie, because I have my opinions of it too - it was, you know, I still have nightmares from the research that I did. Not from playing the part, just from the research.
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By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.
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I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write.
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Animals are companions on this planet, not necessarily our feedbags.
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I just don't believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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Sometimes you have to exercise your insanity, to really make it strong.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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Nothing fires me up like losing. It certainly makes you want to go that extra bit.
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I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a 'high suspense' writer.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that.
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Tennis Australia really led the charge as far as upping the prize money and trying to do the right thing by the players. They also led the way so women have equal prize money in all the grand slams too.
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The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to be the heart of the Constitution's protection of privacy.
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I don't appreciate people invading my privacy.
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Bear with my weakness. My old brain is troubled. Be not disturbed with my infirmity.
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Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.
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Every time I hit the ball I would pretend I was on that magical court at Wimbledon. And then every time I went to sleep at night I would dream about playing at Wimbledon one day.
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fantasizing is one of the earliest languages in the child's mind. We are in touch with our imagination and dreams before we engage with logic and reason.
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What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes.
