Clarence Day Quotes

Elephants suffer from too much patience. Their exhibitions of it may seem superb,-such power and such restraint, combined, are noble,-but a quality carried to excess defeats itself.

Clarence Day

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• I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.

  

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• It takes people a while to trust you.

  

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• One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.

  

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• The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.

  

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• I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years.

  

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• Most of the people who live in Washington come from other places and you can learn something from them.

  

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• Your body thinks radium is a great thing to pack into bone - where it kills some cells outright and scrambles the DNA of others, causing problems like cancer.

  

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  • Great
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• 'Entourage' was a show that existed around wish-fulfillment. People watched it because they wanted to believe they could go on private jets and be hanging out in Hollywood, but as a show, comedically, it was not funny. Not a funny show. It's funny, ironically, because of how terrible it is.

  

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• I've always felt that color is intrinsically personal. It evokes a tremendous amount of emotion. If there's a color you respond to, that's something you can incorporate into your home. No one can tell you it's wrong.

  

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• Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.

  

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• I have always been, and shall continue to be, honest when it comes to bodyweight issues.

  

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• Why not just have fun with clothes? We should be more light-hearted about how we dress, how we look. If you experiment, you can go wrong, clearly; but you can have a wonderful time doing it!

  

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• Music has that ability to be a magical thing, and I was like, maybe music is the vehicle that transports us to that other world.

  

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• Philosophical theories or ideas, as points of view, instruments of criticism, may help us to gather up what might otherwise pass unregarded by us.

  

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• A woman with a secret may be a fascinating study, but she can never be a safe, nor even satisfactory, companion.

  

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• The weak and insipid white wine makes at length excellent vinegar.

  

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  • Power
  • Wine
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• Elephants suffer from too much patience. Their exhibitions of it may seem superb,-such power and such restraint, combined, are noble,-but a quality carried to excess defeats itself.

  

  Clarence Day
  • May
  • Power
  • Quality