Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes
There Shakespeare, on whose forehead climbThe crowns o’ the world; oh, eyes sublimeWith tears and laughter for all time!
Quotes to Explore
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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When I put magic into a book - whether it's a wizard or a crusty old werewolf - I'm asking a reader to swallow a huge leap that is counter to everything he or she knows. An extra big helping of reality makes that leap go down a lot easier.
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Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.
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Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
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I still have a young attitude.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.
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I used to love to create outfits, and I still do - I just don't have the time. How can you wear one thing and never wear it again? Even my wedding dress - I had a dress made that I could wear again. I'm a child of the depression, so I'm very, very practical.
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I'm a serious eater and a seriously hungry person, so I set out on that path to figure it out for myself, and of course it really resonated with other people.
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To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
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My soul is dark with stormy riot: directly traced over to diet.
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I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share.
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It is a great piece of folly to attempt to make anything out of my early life.
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The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.
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Don't go to sleep now, for you have been awakened. Don't shut your eyes, or you will put out the light. Stay awake to the power and force that guides and protects your divine essence.
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I'm quite concerned that if I spend time in the office, someone will always find something for you to do. There's always a crisis that needs your urgent attention.
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It is our basic right to be a happy person, happy family, and eventually a happy world. That should be our goal.
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There Shakespeare, on whose forehead climbThe crowns o’ the world; oh, eyes sublimeWith tears and laughter for all time!
