Edgar Allan Poe Quotes

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly, I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Leonore - For the rare and radiant maiden who the angels name Lenore - Nameless here for evermore.

Edgar Allan Poe

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• Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.

  

  Florence King
  • God
  • Beauty
  • Creativity

• If you employ an army, have money, bombard cyberspace with misinformation, innocent people tend to buy it.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • People
  • Money
  • Army

• Ability is nothing without opportunity.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Opportunity
  • Ability

• People always thought I'd never get elected outside San Francisco; I was always more worried that I'd never get elected again inside San Francisco.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • People
  • Thought
  • Inside

• Supreme Court arguments and decisions are fascinating to a few of us and really pretty boring to most.

  

  Dan Abrams
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  • Decisions
  • Boring

• The last thing we need is efforts by some politicians and the NRA to arm educators and allow more guns in our schools.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Need
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  • Guns

• I've been lucky to have a lot of opportunities to help people.

  

  Dale Murphy
  • People
  • Help
  • Opportunities

• I believe that this idea of story or myth or this thing that Joseph Campbell writes about is sort of an inter-connective spiritual force - like The Force in 'Star Wars' - where it doesn't matter where you were raised, or what your background is, there are certain elements of story that totally appeal to you.

  

  Damon Lindelof
  • Believe
  • Star
  • Spiritual

• I didn't want to do it... I'd been trying to get out of TV for years!

  

  Sally Kellerman
  • Trying
  • Want
  • Years

• I loved being on stage, but I told myself that if I didn't get into RADA, I wouldn't pursue an acting career. I did get in, though, and that was that.

  

  Oona Chaplin
  • Career
  • Myself
  • Acting

• It has been said that America is a country for the poor, not for the rich. There would be more correctness in saying it is the country for both, where the latter have a relish for free government; but, proportionally, more for the former than for the latter.

  

  James Madison
  • Country
  • America
  • Free

• Historically, Vietnam movies have been profitable. All of them. 'Platoon,' 'Full Metal Jacket,' 'Apocalypse Now,' 'The Deer Hunter.' You're looking at movies that have been not pretty successful, but very successful. The foreign numbers have been extraordinary.

  

  Dawn Steel
  • Pretty

• Combining music, theater and comedy is a new and broader form of expression. In certain combinations you can make people laugh one moment, cry the next, and then be astounded by the beauty of the music.

  

  Aleksey Igudesman
  • People
  • Music
  • Comedy

• I just write the way I feel, and if it feels good to me, hopefully everybody likes it.

  

  David Bryan Bon Jovi
  • Good

• Being in a band is a really magical thing because you've got a family and you operate as this one entity. It's very democratic; everyone is involved in the output. But within that, there can be a lot of disagreements and strife.

  

  Jenny Lewis
  • Family
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• I think if I weren't so beautiful, maybe, I'd have more character.

  

  Jerry Hall
  • Character
  • Beautiful

• I find that when I watch films where the villain is more complex, I find that it makes the heroes more complex and ultimately, in the story, more interesting.

  

  Joe Russo
  • Interesting

• It is quality rather than quantity that matters.

  

  Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • Quality

• Some may wonder why I chose wildflowers when there are hunger and unemployment and the big bomb in the world. Well, I, for one, think we will survive, and I hope that along the way we can keep alive our experience with the flowering earth. For the bounty of nature is also one of the deep needs of man.

  

  Lady Bird Johnson
  • World
  • Why
  • May

• Work together as a strong team for the future of the country.

  

  Javier Solana
  • Work
  • Future
  • Strong Team

• My idea of success is not Oscars. Am I glad I have that little trinket? Yes, I am. But it depends on how you define success. The minute I got my first professional cheque from Joel Schumacher, I was successful. Somebody's paying me to act!

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Success
  • Professional
  • Act

• When you think about being a director, you think about writing stories, putting the camera in interesting places and directing the actors to get your vision, but it's hard to imagine even this process... sitting here nine months later talking about the film and talking about it 20 times in one day. You don't even think about the part where you come to the set every morning and everyone's looking at you to see your mood in order to see what the day is going to be like, and the influence that you wield.

  

  Cary Fukunaga
  • Writing
  • Interesting
  • Morning

• I never wanted to be a movie star because it takes up too much of your time. I prefer the style of touring and making new music.

  

  Engelbert Humperdinck
  • Time
  • Music
  • Movie Star

• Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly, I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Leonore - For the rare and radiant maiden who the angels name Lenore - Nameless here for evermore.

  

  Edgar Allan Poe