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Dorothea Dix Quotes

The fabled origin of the laurel is this. Daphne, daughter of the river Peneus, offended by the persecutions of Apollo, implored succour of the gods, who changed her into a laurel tree. Apollo crowned his head with the leaves and ordered that forever after, the tree should be sacred to him.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: activist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 4, 1802 - July 17, 1887

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Daughter Tree River Offended Head

When you're stuck, and sure you've written absolutely garbage, force yourself to finish and then decide to fix or scrap it - or you will never know if you can.

Yourself You Know Will Never Fix

If you want to experiment, do something temporary.

You Want Experiment Something

Fashion is instant - after six months, it disappears, and you have to start again. That's the nature of it.

Nature Fashion Start You Again Six

I never really had an itch for gambling. I work hard for my money, so I don't like going out and giving it away like that.

Amanda Righetti

Work Money Work Hard Giving Gambling

You know what they say: 'Why sit at a table that doesn't have key lime pie on it if you don't have to?'

Key You Table Pie Know Say

To be very honest, I cannot drape a saree myself. I have never draped one on my own, ever. But it has been done on me so many times, that now I have memorised all the steps, and if someone challenges me, I will surely be able to do it.

Myself Me Challenges Someone Done

My motivation is to get a deeper understanding and exploration of something that I want to know about the human condition. So, that's what I look for in the material I read: if it's asking a genuine question about a concept of the world that interests me. And also, it helps if it's a context that I find interesting.

Me World Motivation Interesting Look

If you experience that feeling of being in a rut in your life, then something's not right. A lot of people who feel that way don't take the time to say, 'O.K., well, what am I doing? Is that what I want to be doing? What is it making me feel this way?' You have to identify what specifically is making you feel stuck.

Life Time Experience People Me You

I have a traditional view of the afterlife... heaven, hell and judgments. But the accounts of those places are scant, and I believe it's on purpose. We aren't supposed to try to figure out the architecture of the afterlife, since the big game is here in this life.

Life Architecture Purpose Believe

I think, basically, I am an actor. Sometimes I'm an actor who's writing and sometimes an actor who's directing, but I think if I'm forced to fill out a form for my tax return, 'actor' is the first thing I write down.

I Am Writing Think Down Sometimes

If you've never mixed paint, you aren't going to be able to paint properly.

You Never Paint Going Able Mixed

I want to make sure that my writing grips the reader from the word 'go.'

Writing Go Want Sure Make Word

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