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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Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner. You must be eating some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.
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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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I had a deal with CNN and had no intention of going back to the music business, but you know, it's Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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No one wants to drown. Drowning would be the worst. Cause everyone knows that feeling. That feeling, oh it's the worst... when you think you're drowning.
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But Psyche uplifting her finger said: Sadly this star I mistrust...
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As for 'taste' as a criterion of painting I find that it is most frequently applied to work that is essentially insensitive, brutal or vulgar beyond question. Could it now be a term with political undertones to seduce, or cover profounder motives of exploitation? I propose it be kept to the wine cellar. There it deceives no one but him who over-indulges.
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I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon - if I can. I seek opportunity - not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed... It is my heritage...to think and act for myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations, and to face the world boldly and say, this I have done.
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What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes.
