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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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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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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There is a sense of purity in theatre which always attracts me. Deep down, I feel I am more of an artist than a commodity, which Bollywood turns you into. I want to strike a balance.
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My theme song is 'One Tin Soldier' by Coven.
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I am a father, and sometimes I want to stay close to home. By varying the workplace, it gives me space to breathe. I enjoy theatre because it reminds me I'm mortal, and it's terrifying when it goes wrong but the most thrilling experience when it flies.
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At the very end, what is going to happen is that immigration will be reduced considerably. And how can we get to that stage? By agreements on sectors.
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The poet who speaks out of the deepest instincts of man will be heard. The poet who creates a myth beyond the power of man to realize is gagged at the peril of the group that binds him. He is the true revolutionary: he builds a new world.
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Success is the development of the power with which to get whatever one wants in life without interfering with the rights of others.
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Owing to the vibratory power of words, whatever man voices, he begins to attract.
