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Emerson Quotes

When I went to college, I majored in American literature, which was unusual then. But it meant that I was broadly exposed to nineteenth-century American literature. I became interested in the way that American writers used metaphoric language, starting with Emerson Picture Quote #1

My heroes are, above all, the great 19th-century Americans: Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson and the others. I love the way they think Picture Quote #1

To laugh often and much ... this is to have succeeded. Probably not from Emerson: here’s the full quotation and the story Picture Quote #1

What a new face courage puts on everything. - Ralph Waldo Emerson To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old Picture Quote #1

My favorite bands were Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Jethro Tull, Uriah Heep, Grand Funk Railroad. If you listen to some of my early music, you can hear it Picture Quote #1

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. -Ralph Waldo Emerson Picture Quote #1

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We all know how we can be turned around by a magic place; that’s why we travel, often. And yet we all know, too, that the change cannot be guaranteed. Travel is a fool’s paradise, Emerson reminded us, if we think that we can find anything far off that we could not find at home Picture Quote #1

I studied journalism at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. I did my graduate work at Emerson in Boston, and I was actually a reporter for a year in New York and New Jersey. It dawned on me that I wasn’t cut out for that line of work. I mean... there’s a certain thing that really good reports have that I just didn’t Picture Quote #1

Life’, said Emerson, consists in what a man is thinking all day. If that be so, then my life is nothing but a big intestine Picture Quote #1

When I was a kid, I used to listen to my Emerson radio late at night under the covers. I started by listening to jazz in the late 1940s and then vocal harmony groups like the Four Freshmen, the Modernaires and the Hi-Lo’s. I loved Stan Kenton’s big band - with those dark chords and musicians who could swing cool with individual sounds Picture Quote #1

My Mt. Rushmore of hero worship would include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Marcus Aurelius, Frank Sinatra and Barry White Picture Quote #1

Emerson has what I believe is called a selective memory. He can recall minute details of particular excavations but is likely to forget where he left his hat Picture Quote #1

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I’m the man who sits behind a table and tells true stories from his life. I’m also an actor. I was trained as an actor at Emerson College, and I use that training to play myself Picture Quote #1

Emerson was not passionate about abolition. He wasn’t a passionate person. He was a cool intellectual, and I think he probably was a little uncomfortable with passionate people, but he was against slavery Picture Quote #1

For character, to prepare for the inevitable I recommend selections from [Ralph Waldo] Emerson. His writings have done for me far more than all other reading Picture Quote #1

When [Ralph Waldo] Emerson visited Thoreau in jail and asked, ‘What are you doing in there?’ it was reported that Thoreau replied, ‘What are you doing out there?’ Picture Quote #1

Emerson, Lake and Palmer or King Crimson or Gentle Giant - the worst prog rock references I can come up with. Though I totally loved those groups as a kid Picture Quote #1

More and more Emerson recedes grandly into history, as the future he predicted becomes a past Picture Quote #1

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Emerson said that music helps people to find the greatness in their souls. The same can be said about any form of art Picture Quote #1

To laugh often and much... this is to have succeeded. Probably not from Emerson: here’s the full quotation and the story Picture Quote #1

Emerson, I am trying to live, as you said we must, the examined life. But there are days I wish there was less in my head to examine, not to speak of the busy heart Picture Quote #1

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. That remark in itself wouldn't make any sense if quoted as it stands. The average man ought to be allowed a quotation of no less than three sentences, one to make his statement and two to explain what he meant. Ralph Waldo Emerson was about the only one who could stand having his utterances broken up into sentence quotations, and every once in a while even he doesn't sound so sensible in short snatches Picture Quote #1

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When I went to college, I majored in American literature, which was unusual then. But it meant that I was broadly exposed to nineteenth-century American literature. I became interested in the way that American writers used metaphoric language, starting with Emerson. (Emerson Quotes) My heroes are, above all, the great 19th-century Americans: Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson and the others. I love the way they think. (Emerson Quotes) To laugh often and much ... this is to have succeeded. Probably not from Emerson: here’s the full quotation and the story. (Emerson Quotes) What a new face courage puts on everything. - Ralph Waldo Emerson To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old. (Emerson Quotes) My favorite bands were Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Jethro Tull, Uriah Heep, Grand Funk Railroad. If you listen to some of my early music, you can hear it. (Emerson Quotes) What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. -Ralph Waldo Emerson (Emerson Quotes) We all know how we can be turned around by a magic place; that’s why we travel, often. And yet we all know, too, that the change cannot be guaranteed. Travel is a fool’s paradise, Emerson reminded us, if we think that we can find anything far off that we could not find at home. (Emerson Quotes) I studied journalism at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. I did my graduate work at Emerson in Boston, and I was actually a reporter for a year in New York and New Jersey. It dawned on me that I wasn’t cut out for that line of work. I mean... there’s a certain thing that really good reports have that I just didn’t. (Emerson Quotes) Life’, said Emerson, consists in what a man is thinking all day. If that be so, then my life is nothing but a big intestine. (Emerson Quotes) When I was a kid, I used to listen to my Emerson radio late at night under the covers. I started by listening to jazz in the late 1940s and then vocal harmony groups like the Four Freshmen, the Modernaires and the Hi-Lo’s. I loved Stan Kenton’s big band - with those dark chords and musicians who could swing cool with individual sounds. (Emerson Quotes) My Mt. Rushmore of hero worship would include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Marcus Aurelius, Frank Sinatra and Barry White. (Emerson Quotes) Emerson has what I believe is called a selective memory. He can recall minute details of particular excavations but is likely to forget where he left his hat (Emerson Quotes) I’m the man who sits behind a table and tells true stories from his life. I’m also an actor. I was trained as an actor at Emerson College, and I use that training to play myself. (Emerson Quotes) Emerson was not passionate about abolition. He wasn’t a passionate person. He was a cool intellectual, and I think he probably was a little uncomfortable with passionate people, but he was against slavery (Emerson Quotes) For character, to prepare for the inevitable I recommend selections from [Ralph Waldo] Emerson. His writings have done for me far more than all other reading (Emerson Quotes) When [Ralph Waldo] Emerson visited Thoreau in jail and asked, ‘What are you doing in there?’ it was reported that Thoreau replied, ‘What are you doing out there?’ (Emerson Quotes) Emerson, Lake and Palmer or King Crimson or Gentle Giant - the worst prog rock references I can come up with. Though I totally loved those groups as a kid (Emerson Quotes) More and more Emerson recedes grandly into history, as the future he predicted becomes a past (Emerson Quotes) Emerson said that music helps people to find the greatness in their souls. The same can be said about any form of art (Emerson Quotes) To laugh often and much... this is to have succeeded. Probably not from Emerson: here’s the full quotation and the story (Emerson Quotes) Emerson, I am trying to live, as you said we must, the examined life. But there are days I wish there was less in my head to examine, not to speak of the busy heart (Emerson Quotes) The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. That remark in itself wouldn't make any sense if quoted as it stands. The average man ought to be allowed a quotation of no less than three sentences, one to make his statement and two to explain what he meant. Ralph Waldo Emerson was about the only one who could stand having his utterances broken up into sentence quotations, and every once in a while even he doesn't sound so sensible in short snatches (Emerson Quotes)