Quotes - Emily (Piraeus, Greece) Showing 1-14 of 14

#1

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

tags: inspirational, optimism, perception, pessimism

#2

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator

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#3

“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything

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#4

“Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.”
― Raymond Carver

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#5

“How odd that people could be so ugly, not particularly because of appearence, but because of the atmosphere of judgemental bad temper and discontent they carried around with them”
― Beaton, M.C.

tags: wisdom

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#6

“I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back....”
― Erica Jong

tags: change, courage, fear, life

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#7

“You don't have to beat a woman if you can make her feel guilty.”
― Erica Jong, Fear of Flying

tags: feminism, guilt, women

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#8

“Tears are a form of communication - like speech - and require a listener.”
― Erica Jong, Fear of Flying

tags: emotions, sadness, tears

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#9