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Edwin Way Teale Quotes

Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.

Edwin Way Teale

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: June 2, 1899 - October 18, 1980

Topics

Life Complexity Wants Reduce Labors

My decision to look seriously at elected office is grounded in a deep commitment to public service and my experience - both my own and that of my family - in finding just, practical, and bipartisan solutions to difficult challenges.

Joe Kennedy III

Family Service Decision Experience

All art at a certain level is entertainment. We go to a tragedy by Sophocles to be entertained.

Art Tragedy Go Entertainment Level

I'd be lying if I said Hollywood wasn't still an ambition; it's everyone's, isn't it? You're getting paid very well, you're working with great actors and great directors - who wouldn't want to be a part of that? But it's not going to break my heart if it doesn't happen. This business is about doing good work rather than how famous it makes you.

Work Good Business Heart Great You

Trixie Mattel is a product of bad things that happened to me, and it's how I deal with things. It's wonderful.

Me Bad Product Wonderful Things How

Taking a night off from comedy to go on a date with someone I'm probably not going to like anyway sounds like the worst trade-off in my mind.

Mind Night Comedy Someone Go Worst

I don't personally feel a responsibility to be a role model, but as the actor, I do.

Responsibility Feel Role Model Actor

Who wouldn't want to be wizard, at least for a day, as long as you didn't have the dilemmas and the situations that Merlin was thrown into. I'd be happy if you could actually use the powers to have a bit of fun and do something good for the world and maybe for yourself, whereas Merlin's kind of limited in that he has to look after Arthur.

Good Day Yourself Fun Happy World

My job is to catch the ball no matter how they throw it - hard, soft, medium. You've got to be able to catch it.

Job You Matter Hard Ball Catch

It's interesting to go places and see that, at the end of the day, people just want to feel safe, and what that looks like to them varies... but that was encouraging to see that there is more common ground than perhaps I realized.

Day People End Of The Day End Feel

Everyone loses touch with their aspiration, and we need the heart to return to what we really care about. All of this is based on developing greater lovingkindness and compassion.

Sharon Salzberg

Heart Compassion Care Touch Need

I abhor 'baby talk.' I speak to kids like I would any other person, and they seem to respond to it.

Baby Speak Person Talk Respond Seem

Too many people measure how successful they are by how much money they make or the people that they associate with. In my opinion, true success should be measured by how happy you are.

Richard Branson

Success Money Happy People Opinion

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