Katherine Mansfield Quotes
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea.
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In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
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Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.
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I have worries and fears just like everybody else. But I have every reason to wake up each morning and be very happy.
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.
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I've made these films, and I'm really proud, but my lifestyle hasn't changed.
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I believe that it's better to have a conviction, believe strongly in something, and then the convictions create a style that reflects your mentality.
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I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.
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A lot of my writer friends - some of whom are brilliant - work when the Muse calls them, for lack of a better description. You know, days of nothing, then this creative burst where they write for 36 hours straight fueled by caffeine and idealism.
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For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.
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I love a vintage look that's also a bit rock n' roll.
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I think that most people who hire me to do a remix just want it to work in a nightclub, whereas when I'm writing my own album, I don't have to worry so much about 2 A.M.
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What you wish to others, God wishes to you.
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People crave comfort, people crave connection, people crave community.
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Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department.
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Fun has to do with habitual activities but then also terrifically novel or unusual ones. It works as a sort of strange milkshake of those concepts.
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If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel - nothing at all. The best things arrive on time.
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Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change.
