Sylvia Plath Quotes

Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.

Sylvia Plath

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 27, 1932 - February 11, 1963

Topics

FindNothingEverythingWanting

I'm a shadow whisperer: I hide in the shadows. And I tend to avoid places where I might get photographed and end up with my picture in the press.

Jessica Chastain

ShadowEndPictureHideShadowsUp

Once you become the story off-screen, you are less likely to be the onscreen one.

Max Irons

StoryYouBecomeOnceLessLikely

Paul Taylor's 'Offenbach Overtures' has lots of zip and charm, and its pair of dueling soldiers in red, who end up starry-eyed about each other while their disgusted seconds take up the quarrel, is nonstop funny.

Robert Gottlieb

FunnyRedEndSoldiersUpCharm

I think I draw most inspiration from writers like Richelle Mead and filmmakers like John Hughes. They both really understand the experience of being a teenager and how insistent and intense everything feels, but they're also smart, savvy, and fun.

Amanda Hocking

ExperienceSmartFunThinkIntense

We love the idea of having a really great lighting production.

St. Lucia

LoveGreatProductionLightingIdea

There was no demonstration of love I could read as a little boy.

Stewart Stern

LoveBoyLittleReadCould

I don't want the staggeringly wealthy Elton John and his family to represent the standard of gay fatherhood any more than straight people want the stunningly beautiful Angelina Jolie and her family to represent the standard of heterosexual parenthood. Stars are outliers; stars are exceptions.

Rumaan Alam

FamilyStarsBeautifulPeopleGay

The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so is a government unworthy to lead.

Donald Trump

GovernmentDutyDefendLeadOwnAny

Some people think that there aren't many Aboriginal actors around, and if there are, they're not that good. It's stupid. There's such an incredible pool of talent out there, and they're still coming out of drama schools. People just need to take a leap of faith.

Deborah Mailman

GoodFaithTalentPeopleStupid

I come up with the silliest excuses when it's time to work out. I'll be like, 'Oh no! Now I have to go and find some socks.'

Christina Hendricks

WorkTimeExcusesFindSocksGo

Cycling has been my passion throughout my life.

Bryan Fogel

LifePassionMy LifeBeenCycling

Even when one is doing well, one still worries that things might go badly again in the future. This is an old observation based on human experience.

Wolfgang Schauble

FutureExperienceDoingGoHuman

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