Celibacy is exhausting.
BEATRICE WOODAnd culture is – each of us – is like one pearl added to another to make a chain. We each contribute to the other. And that’s all right. But once you’re on your own, do that which comes from within. And I feel this very strongly.
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You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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First of all, I’d like to say here the fact that I’m not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.
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I hang on to the statement of scientists that there is no time. Therefore, join me in telling everyone you are thirty-two. This allows me to go after young men and plan grabbing husbands from my girlfriends.
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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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Hardships and handicaps can…stimulate our energy to survive them. You’ll find if you study the lives of people who’ve accomplished things, it’s often been done with the help of great willpower in overcoming this and that.
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And then a great thing in my life was going to India.
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And I think maybe all women, if they just had a chance, would be romantic and believe in love and not sex. And men believe in sex and not love.
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I don’t like to sell my finest pieces.
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And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
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I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men.
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You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
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Well, I don’t go out much socially. I don’t enjoy going out.
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I, who wanted danger, adventure, and love
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Do be true to yourself, whether it’s bad doesn’t matter. The important thing – you have to copy while you’re studying.
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