Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes
Owing to the vibratory power of words, whatever man voices, he begins to attract.
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I don't think I knew that you could be a novelist. I think a lot of my students are in the same condition. I thought it was unreachable, that it was sort of dead people. It took me a long time - I think I was well into novel writing before I really thought, 'Actually, this is a valid pastime.'
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The problem that I think is reasonable to assert about Fox and its coverage is that they make up stories out of whole cloth and then make a big deal out of them.
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The reasons asthma doesn't affect my work or play is that I had accurate diagnostics and follow treatment regimens closely. It's when someone thinks they're fine and that they don't need help that they usually get in trouble.
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All the great artists had their dark sides. Look at Amy Winehouse or anyone who has achieved a certain level of success. Even Adele, and the people that you wouldn't put in the same category as a gangster rapper. These women have exposed their vulnerabilities, demons, and things that have hurt them.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us incapable of criticizing ideas that are now patently absurd and increasingly maladaptive.
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No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
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I like 'Rocky Horror.'
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When you're an athlete and you play every day and are conditioning yourself every year, the aging is gradual.
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All you needed back then was a blow dryer and a dream.
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The plastic surgery issue is really looming because girls in the U.S. are getting it in their teens.
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Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals.
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I will run against anybody.
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I study history in order to give an interpretation.
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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.
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You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me, those people are very important.
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Everyone has class, one class or another.
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When the Internet first appeared, this heated debate developed among economists. One side said the Internet will make it easier for companies to price-discriminate, and it'll be fabulously profitable.
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The basis for all human relationships and where we derive our greatest strength and power, trust is single-handedly the most powerful source of positive energy and, once in place, unlocks a freedom and peace to explore.
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Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.
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Owing to the vibratory power of words, whatever man voices, he begins to attract.
