Charlotte Bronte Quotes

Jane, be still; don't struggle so like a wild, frantic bird, that is rending its own plumage in its desperation." "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.

Charlotte Bronte

• Desperation
• Plumage
• Rending

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• The Lebanese people voted this time for change. So they are not satisfied with the actual situation. They want to see a new government. They want to see a new vision.

  

  Rafik Hariri
  • People
  • Time
  • Change

• Imperialist enterprise draws political consequences.

  

  C. L. R. James
  • Political
  • Consequences

• Being single has its ups and downs, and being in a relationship has its ups and downs. It depends on how you balance it and how you handle your problems within your relationship.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Relationship
  • Single
  • Balance

• I think that 'Family Guy' is hysterical. It's edgy and hip - and they can do whatever they want to do because it's animated and they're not limited by budget.

  

  Zachary Levi
  • Family
  • Think
  • Guy

• Crime against the individual is the equivalent of crime against humanity.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • Humanity
  • Individual
  • Crime

• To perform in front of a room full of people you go to school with would be terrifying. I couldn't do it now.

  

  Oliver Sim The xx
  • People
  • School
  • Now

• I became a Communist because I fell in love with a man who was a Red and entered the Army to take care of the Fascists, and I knew it would please him if I became one.

  

  Karen Morley
  • Man
  • Army
  • Knew

• Let me be absolutely clear: Iran is a grave threat.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Threat
  • Iran
  • Be Clear

• Father, father, everybody thinks we're wrong Oh, but who are they to judge us Simply because our hair is long Oh, you know we've got to find a way To bring some understanding here today.

  

  Marvin Gaye
  • Long
  • Father
  • Today

• The less somebody knows and understand himself the less great he is, however great may be his talent. For this reason our scientists are not great.

  

  Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • Great
  • May

• In baseball, you can do something poorly and still get credit. A pitcher could throw a bad ball, the batter hit a screaming line drive, and an outfielder make a fantastic diving catch. Yet, when you look at historical databases, 80% of the time when a ball is struck with that trajectory and velocity, it is a hit.

  

  Billy Beane
  • Time
  • Bad
  • Baseball

• I love my paper and ink, but I see the benefits of the iPad and Apple Pencil.

  

  Om Malik

• Honestly, being a doctor could make you more close minded than regular people.

  

  Alex Chiu
  • People

• A surprising number of teens I meet in rougher schools around the country find refuge in novels and creative writing. It's not always the usual suspects either, the high achievers.

  

  Matt de la Pena
  • Writing
  • Country
  • High

• I don't love all superhero films, but I love a great one.

  

  Patty Jenkins
  • Great
  • Superhero

• I haven't shut any doors, and I'm really open to anything, so I think it's just about the material and what is going to get made.

  

  Danielle Panabaker

• Surfing - I have to go surfing.

  

  Bryan Volpenhein
  • Surfing

• You can do bad parts in good pictures or good parts in bad pictures and maybe get a little personal satisfaction. But the key to it all is good parts in good pictures.

  

  Peter Graves
  • Good
  • Bad

• Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation.

  

  Edie Falco
  • Well
  • Open
  • Desperation

• My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that way. I can see of course that, in the abstract, thinking and all activity is rather desperate.

  

  Willem de Kooning
  • Thinking
  • Sometimes
  • Lying

• Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.

  

  Roger Waters Pink Floyd
  • Desperation
  • Hanging
  • English Way

• A new fascism promises security from the terror of crime. All that is required is that we take away the criminals' rights - which, of course, are our own. Out of our desperation and fear we begin to feel a sense of security from the new totalitarian state.

  

  Gerry Spence
  • Promise
  • Criminals
  • Desperation

• Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others.

  

  A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
  • Mean
  • Humility
  • Satisfaction

• Jane, be still; don't struggle so like a wild, frantic bird, that is rending its own plumage in its desperation." "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.

  

  Charlotte Bronte
  • Desperation
  • Plumage
  • Rending