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Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes

Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes, and men grow better as the world grows old.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: November 5, 1850 - October 30, 1919

Topics

Love Hate Men World Grow Better

I'm very political. I'm not political in public; I'm political at home.

Home Political Very Public

Among the Internet's many gains for humanity, decreasing paranoia has not been one of them. Anything from that lump under your armpit to what's lurking in the sea - just type it into a search engine and watch your nerves explode.

Sea Search Internet Humanity Watch

The instant that movies became described as character driven was the instant when characters stopped mattering in movies. In other words, the birth of the notion of the character-driven movie coincided with the birth of movies in which characters were incidental to the very activities in which they engaged.

Character Words Movies Birth Driven

Any play that's making a point is less interesting than something that stays with you and suggests something further.

Interesting You Play Point Something

I never rehearse. Never! I think it's a waste of time.

Time Think Never Waste Waste Of Time

I was 23 when I learned how to cook; I grew up around the same time. It was precisely then that Thanksgiving started to mean something more. Growing up, Christmas was always about me, and eventually you, when I finally started to enjoy the giving part. But Thanksgiving is always about us.

Rosecrans Baldwin

Time Me Growing Up Giving Enjoy You

Sometimes it's good to be naive.

Good Sometimes Naive

I try to not listen to all the girls I admire musically - like Nina Simone - just so I don't find myself imitating them, even if it's subconsciously.

Myself Find Admire Try Listen Just

I tried out for 'Jeopardy' once, when they came to Cleveland, but I didn't make it.

Out Cleveland Jeopardy Tried Once

A good number of my friends are married, which seems very old-fashioned.

Allison Williams

Good Friends Old-Fashioned Seems

As I grow older, I think friendship between women is a thing to cherish.

Friendship Women Think Grow Cherish

Leaving active duty was so I could become the best fighter in the world at my weight class.

Best World Leaving Duty Become

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