Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes

That kind of patriotism which consists in hating all other nations.

Elizabeth Gaskell

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• It's the Law of God that gave the stability to Christian civilization.

  

  Randall Terry
  • God
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• I think 'In The Heat Of The Night' was one of the most influential films on me. Looking back now, I can see how influential it was on my screenwriting because here you have what looks to be a crime procedural, and it's actually a study in race and loneliness, and a perception of an era.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Study
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  • Loneliness

• Baseball is a team game.

  

  Eddie Murray
  • Game
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• Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • World
  • Think
  • Better

• I'd been on 'Buffy' - that is an amazing community, the Joss Whedon fans.

  

  Felicia Day
  • Community
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• I picked up a harmonica and taught myself.

  

  Sam Barry
  • Up
  • Myself
  • Harmonica

• We were talking about really getting Europe on its feet. It was our hope that there would be a breakdown of trade barriers in Europe first, and then eventually a breakdown internationally, which would help increase trade with Europe.

  

  W. Averell Harriman
  • Help
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• I feel it's the conscious mind that messes things up. The conscious mind is constantly telling you, this might happen or that might happen, even before it has happened. Your conscious mind tells you the next ball might be a out-swinger, but when it's coming at you you realize it's an in-swinger... so literally, you've played two balls.

  

  Sachin Tendulkar
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Feel

• No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Long
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• The greatest thing about music is everyone has their own style, and I respect all styles of music.

  

  Adam Hicks
  • Music
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• What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer... the shortest way between two people is not a straight line.

  

  Earle Brown
  • People
  • Good
  • Lies

• If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.

  

  Garret Dillahunt
  • Good
  • Trying
  • Fun

• You don't worry about being liked. You have to be yourself.

  

  Vince Vaughn
  • Worry
  • Yourself
  • Be Yourself

• We don't talk about courage much in our everyday conversations, but I am comfortable with it now.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Courage
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• I was in Beijing a month ago working on the smoke project in collaboration with an architect there, and I was asked very directly whether it was safe to breathe in the smoke. They did not have confidence in the museum not to use harmful smoke, and they certainly didn't have confidence that the city would protect them from harmful smoke.

  

  Olafur Eliasson
  • City
  • Confidence
  • Breathe

• It's nice to get your glad rags on for awards like the Baftas, but it doesn't happen all the time.

  

  Dan Stevens
  • Time
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  • Awards

• I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Want
  • Day

• Our circumstance is abject, indefensible, and terrifying. It would be hilarious if the stakes were not so high.

  

  Sam Harris
  • High
  • Hilarious

• You look at things you enjoy in your life, but much more important is what you can do to make the world a better place.

  

  Paul Allen
  • Life
  • World
  • Important

• Everybody Sails alone, but we can travel side by side

  

  KT Tunstall
  • Alone
  • Travel
  • Everybody

• Predictions are predictions. If you could predict the stock market, you would be super rich. But I have to race the race. It doesn't matter what I've done over the last few years. I have to race at the Olympics.

  

  Mark de Jonge
  • Done
  • Stock

• I haven't read the 'Twilight' books, though I suppose, in general, I thought it might be fun to deflate all of the notions of vampire sexiness, secret societies, the idea that anyone could learn to divide the population of the world between fellow vampires and perishable food sources and expect to retain their humanity, etc.

  

  Adam Rex
  • World
  • Fun
  • Food

• Because of her style of interpretation, you could never tell whether she was gauging the political preferences of society ... reaching outcomes that were good in a policy or political way. People would criticize her as being mushy.

  

  Ann Althouse
  • Society
  • Outcomes
  • Reaching

• That kind of patriotism which consists in hating all other nations.

  

  Elizabeth Gaskell