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The Song of the Lark
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"The Song of the Lark" Quotes

A young woman from a small town in Colorado discovers her talent for singing and pursues her dreams of becoming an opera singer.

Quotes

There's nothing so terrible as a pretentious person.

Willa Cather

pretentiousness

The trouble with a man who is a snob is that he is trying to accept the best, and to do that he has to overpay for it.

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snobberyself-awareness

I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

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travelfriendship

I'm one of those people who never knows when to stop.

Willa Cather

self-awareness

People can't be robbing themselves of half their lives, and expecting to keep on living.

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lifeself-destruction

Some people's idea of the truth is better than other people's, and that's what makes it the truth.

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truthperspective

It takes more than intellect to be an artist. It takes more than intellect to be anybody.

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artintelligence

The world became a different place when you had to live in it alone.

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solitudechange

People were always neglecting their real interests for their fictitious interests, and what they loved to do for what they didn't care about at all.

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prioritiespassion

When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored.

Willa Cather

boredomintrospection