Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882

Topics

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I love the holidays - any holiday - but Christmas has always been sort of special because I grew up reading Charles Dickens.

Matthew Gray Gubler

LoveReadingHolidaysHolidayAlways

I think when people go into something for the right reasons, you're going to get a better film; you're going to get more intimacy and a stronger foundation of trust.

Steve James

TrustPeopleFoundationThinkBetter

For many years, when people described how the Internet worked - whether they were talking about shopping, communicating, or starting a business there - they inevitably invoked a single metaphor. The Internet, said just about everybody, was a contemporary incarnation of the wild, wild West.

Steven Levy

BusinessPeopleShoppingTalking

'Awkward' is a ubiquitous teen word to denote socially unsanctioned behavior. It usually implies first- or secondhand embarrassment when you or a friend step outside the rules. Awkward doesn't sound overtly judgmental or negative; it's deliberately vague.

Mary H.K. Choi

FriendTeenStepNegativeBehavior

We had all these smiley family pictures all over the walls of my house, but I always found those pictures to be odd because we weren't smiling all the time. I don't want to paint the picture of a total dysfunctional house, but there were a lot of arguments in that house. A lot of pain.

Derek Cianfrance

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Compassion knows that choosing the higher road in any situation is the most loving option for you.

Debbie Ford

CompassionRoadYouLovingSituation

So more than 8 million people lost their jobs. It's going to take a significant push on our part and time before that comes down. I don't anticipate it coming down rapidly.

Austan Goolsbee

TimePeoplePushDownLostMore

Until we totally change the way we elect our leaders, until we remove private money from public campaigns, lying will be the de facto method of governance in this country.

Peter Schuyler

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Pigs are not that dirty. And they're smart, strange little creatures. They just need love.

Shelley Duvall

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I am not afraid of being alone and single.

LeToya Luckett

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I think many experiences are bound to be failures, and sometimes I regret them before they even happen.

Keren Ann

RegretThinkSometimesHappenEven

I really work on paying attention to the clues my self is giving myself. For instance, I think of myself in the third person. That allows me to manage myself better.

Gretchen Rubin

WorkMyselfMeThinkSelfBetter

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