Conrad Aiken Quotes
And there was one, beneath black eaves, who thought,Combing with lifted arms her golden hair,Of the lover who hurried towards her through the night;And there was one who dreamed of a sudden deathAs she blew out her light.
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You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them.
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Of course I get angry, but I want to use my brain a little bit and not just smash things.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
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If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.
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I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didn't want to go to the same place every day and see the same people and do the same job. I wanted interesting challenges.
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I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket.
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In a way, Jersey really supports rock, maybe more than New York City and Long Island. I know plenty of bands that tour and do much better at Starland or other clubs in New Jersey than others in the tri-state area.
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'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'
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Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done.
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With 'posts' running in the millions, Internet message boards have become an essential part of the savvy investor's arsenal.
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Photography, painting or poetry – those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating.
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My marks were always bad, and I was a bad influence on other children, so they would explain to my mother that they could retain me only by being partial towards me, and so I should offer to leave the school myself. I would barely get 40-50% and was also extremely naughty.
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My wife's income allowed me to do what I really loved. I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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In the studio, I'm always throwing people on different instruments.
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We're more sexually repressed than men, having been given a much more strict puritanical code of behavior than men ever have.
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I believe in the stability of my country. I believe in unity.
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Well the basic thesis is that there's a god in heaven who is all powerful who wants to help people. And that - he will answer prayer, and does miraculous things in people's lives. And so I've documented some of these wonderful things.
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The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.
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I think the high-tech industry is used to developing new things very quickly. It's the Silicon Valley way of doing business: You either move very quickly and you work hard to improve your product technology, or you get destroyed by some other company.
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It's not about how much money I'm getting paid. It's just a love of one-on-one combat. I feel I'm at home. I love the ring entrances, the talking. I'm the master of it all.
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Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable.
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I remember finding 'Harold and Maude' strangely erotic. I've always had an octogenarian fetish.
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And there was one, beneath black eaves, who thought,Combing with lifted arms her golden hair,Of the lover who hurried towards her through the night;And there was one who dreamed of a sudden deathAs she blew out her light.
