- Nov 07, 2020
Never Quotes
Quotes on what never happens.
This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable. Related reading includes Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
What we want in students is creativity and a willingness to fail. I always say to students, 'If you've never at some point stayed up all night talking to your new boyfriend about the meaning of life instead of preparing for the test, then you're not really an intellectual.'
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ancient media of speech and song and theater were radically reshaped by writing, though they were never entirely supplanted, a comfort perhaps to those of us who still thrill to the smell of a library.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's always difficult to see yourself as other people do, but I'm realistic about my appearance. I wasn't born with one of those pretty, pretty faces, so I've never been absorbed with the way I look. I just try to make the most of what I've got.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Photography acts as a teaser, suggesting we can know something that we can never know. And the more we can't obtain it, the more we want it.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oh Mr. Webster could never define what's being said between your heart and mine.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, if you really want to fiddle the old-time way, you've got to learn the dance. The contra-dances, hoedowns. It's all in the rhythm of the bow. The great North Carolina fiddle player Tommy Jarrell said, 'If a feller can't bow, he'll never make a fiddler. He might make a violin player, but he'll never make no fiddler.'
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the studio, you can always stop, rewind and do it again, but on stage, you can never do that - it's a different energy. It separates good bands from bad bands, being able to play, perform and really capture an audience. I think that's the hardest part.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never truly applied myself. Lots of things have come too easily to me and at too high a level.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
My big chip is that I never had an education. I wanted my children to get one so they didn't fall into the same trap as me.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was socially awkward for many years. I stuttered, stammered, talked rubbish. I never take up invites to parties, and I've been invited to very glamorous things, but I never go.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up a happy kid in Toronto. I've never suffered. I've never even had a real job! But I understand sadness and striving, and those two things tie into all the roles that I've played.
- Amazing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started running outside when I was at 'Biggest Loser.' Then I got runner's knee, and thought I was never going to be able to shake it. When I overcame that and ran the L.A. Marathon, it was such an amazing thing, and now running is such a part of my routine.
- Jeans
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never obese, but I felt 'less than' because I wasn't as thin as other actresses. I totally fell for that low-fat craze. My goal was to be X jeans size or a specific number on the scale.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020