Unsettled Quotes

I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Peace, Home, Character

My wild and free side unsettled some, and unwedged others.
Brigitte Bardot

Free, Others, Side

If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you've already taken a step towards it.
Daniel Day-Lewis

Writing, Means, Story

Ages when custom is unsettled are necessarily ages of prophecy. The moralist cannot teach what is revealed; he must reveal what can be taught. He has to seek insight rather than to preach.
Walter Lippmann

Cannot, Rather, Teach

When I'm stuck in my writing, the world is amiss. If I'm eating a sandwich, it's an unsettled sandwich. If I'm in the shower, it's an incorrect shower. It's profoundly uncomfortable. But it's what keeps me pushing.
Melissa Rosenberg

Writing, Eating, Stuck

I probably wouldn't be a songwriter if I didn't grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess it earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age that's served me well.
Ray LaMontagne

Age, Wisdom, Young

You do have a modicum of peace of mind here, but it's as unsettled as any other place.
Todd Rundgren

Peace, Mind, Place

The press gave me a voice too quickly, and that could have unsettled a man who had every right to feel he should be in control of the thing he had created.
Alison Moyet

Control, Voice, Gave

I live quite an unsettled life.
Joely Richardson

Life, Live, Quite

The culture of the chairmanship is to be the dominant voice in the Fed. If you have a weak chairman... the markets could be very unsettled.
David Jones

Culture, Weak, Voice

For while the threat of nuclear holocaust has been significantly reduced, the world remains a very unsettled and dangerous place.
William S. Cohen

Place, While, Dangerous

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