Quotes 901 till 920 of 945.
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Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or it would rob them of their weapons.
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Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge. Some of us have ventured out nevertheless, and so far we have not fallen off. It is my faith, my feminist faith, that we will not.
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
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Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically - while simulating a triumphant march forward - than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament?
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Would not love see returning penitence afar off, and fall on its neck and kiss it?
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Yes, we become stronger when black and whites, Latino, Asian American, Native American, when all of us stand together.
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Yet if a woman never lets herself go, how will she ever know how far she might have got? If she never takes off her high-heeled shoes, how will she ever know how far she could walk or how fast she could run?
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You are that vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.
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You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.
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You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.
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You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and for love it will soon itself return.
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You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
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You don't really get to pick and chose what you would like to be doing. But I've been very fortunate, and I think water seeks its own level. You do gravitate towards things that you would get off on.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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You know you're walking around with a mask on, and you desperately want to take it off and you can't because everybody else thinks it's your face.
Source: Niemandsland (1993) 226 -
You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they're gonna get rich off of the merchandise.
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You know, it wasn't even that I'm a funny guy, I just loved stand-up comedy and I wanted to do it. It was one of the few things in my life that I knew I was going to be able to do, and I also felt as though I'd be able to do it the way I wanted to do it.
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You know, when Michael Jackson does the moonwalk, he's showing off! When Prince or Hendrix do a guitar solo, it's confidence! I would hate to be at a show and some nervous wreck is sweating up there and doesn't feel like he deserves to be there.
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You lose yourself, you reappear
You suddenly find you got nothin' to fear
Alone you stand with nobody near
When a trembling distant voice unclear
Startles your sleeping ear to hear
That somebody thinks they really found you.Source: Bringing It All Back Home (1965) -
You may drive a dog off the King's armchair, and it will climb into the preacher's pulpit; he views the world unmoved, unembarrassed, unabashed.
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