Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes
When our two souls stand up erect and strong,Face to face, silent, drawing nigh and nigher,Until the lengthening wings break into fireAt either curvèd point, - what bitter wrongCan the earth do to us, that we should not longBe here contented?
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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In the long winter evenings he talked to Ma about the Western country. In the West the land was level, and there were no trees. The grass grew thick and high.
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One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
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Inside every adult male is a denied little boy.
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For a man of my generation, our century has been a long intellectual and political struggle in favor of freedom.
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We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
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I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind to wealth and power. There should be no specially protected groups of any kind, except for children, the severely disabled and the elderly, whose physical frailty demands society's care.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
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I remember when the palm trees were short and Tomorrowland was modern.
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Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.
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The bigger we get, I think the more it's changing things, which is great, but we didn't set out to do that. We just wanted to be as big as we possibly could be.
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Friends come and go but enemies accumulate.
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Bijli fails in the dead of night / Won’t help to call “I need a light” / You’re in Karachi now / Oh, oh you’re in Karachi now. / Night is falling and you just cant see / Is this illusion or KESC / You’re in Karachi now
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My career has been wacky and not at all normal. I've never had a manager, nobody gets jobs for me. I wind up working with artists that I meet.
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When I competed, it was for honor and country. It was a privilege to be a part of the U.S. team.
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I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him.
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When our two souls stand up erect and strong,Face to face, silent, drawing nigh and nigher,Until the lengthening wings break into fireAt either curvèd point, - what bitter wrongCan the earth do to us, that we should not longBe here contented?
