Edna St. Vincent Millay Quotes

I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 22, 1892 - October 19, 1950

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I've been slightly obsessed with paper and notebooks. Among my most precious possessions is a small light-blue, breviary-sized volume - four-and-a-half inches wide, seven inches tall - made by a company called Denbigh.

Michael Dirda

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When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life.

Amy Purdy

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In my life as a soldier and citizen, I have seen time and time again that inaction has dire consequences.

Stanley A. McChrystal

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I embrace the PKI because it is a revolutionary force. PKI go forward. PKI never retreat. PKI grow. PKI be strong. Onward.

Sukarno

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Time needs another minute.

Sly Stone

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Over the course of my 20-year history as an executive in the music business and as the owner of a firm that specializes in in-culture advertising, I have come to the conclusion that the Grammy Awards have clearly lost touch with contemporary popular culture.

Steve Stoute

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If you can't make 40% on your money in Russia, you're a fool.

Simon Reuben

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My grandmother is very liberal, but... she still has her opinions.

Rutina Wesley

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I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

Brendan Behan

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I think from an early age I was aware of how a camera can tell a story, how a movie camera can affect how the narrative is told.

Brian Selznick

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My mother and father didn't know anything about instruments. Me just see a man in the country play guitar one time and say, 'My, the man play that guitar nice.'

Peter Tosh

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I'm a computer guy, and one of the things I did with the good fortune that 'Presumed Innocent' brought me was to buy one of the very first laptop computers. It weighed about eight and a half pounds, by the way.

Scott Turow

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