Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes
But I was right. I think that must be an hereditary quality, for my father says he is scarcely ever wrong.
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How do people move on after they've lost the love of their life? It's a really interesting thing to look at. It happens to people every day: you see people... even in the worst, most war-torn places, people get up and continue with their lives. And it's a fascinating thing about human nature. That ability to just continue on.
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So many boys and girls talk the same way, listen to the same music, look the same. If I'm out, I'll notice the person who looks different before I notice the person who's, 'really hot.'
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I definitely want to get out of tennis and try something completely different.
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The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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Free speech is not a bogus issue. It is an issue.
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What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.
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I love science fiction. I always have, ever since I was a kid. I love a lot of science fiction writers. William Gibson is one of my favorite writers.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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A lizard is a perfect pet for a model. They only need feeding once a fortnight. And I'm always travelling, so it's perfect. If I had a dog, it would drop dead of starvation.
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Speaking as someone who didn't go through the U.K. school system, with all the culinary baggage that entails, I am inordinately fond of custard in any shape or form.
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Spend enough time around success and failure, and you learn a reverence for possibility.
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You need to love your life; you have to appreciate yourself.
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It's hard to write a comedy sketch.
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I try to stick to a certain diet all the time, and then when I feel like a reward, I have it. I try to stick to no dairy, no sugar, no wheat.
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There's that old theory that humankind and this planet were seen as the centre of the universe. That was thrown away - how could we be so presumptuous? Well, I subscribe to that.
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I love the American dream. I feel this is the place I was supposed to be in. It's beautiful. I love it.
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Sri Yukteswar showed no special consideration to those who happened to be powerful or accomplished; neither did he slight others for their poverty or illiteracy. He would listen respectfully to words of truth from a child, and openly ignore a conceited pundit.
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All is extremely genteel; and there is almost as much repose as in the golden saloons of the contiguous palaces. At any rate, if there be as much vice, there is as little crime.
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It is funny you know, you spend 12 years of your life learning about things and about life, but they never really tell you how hard life really is.
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It's through my health that I'm able to maintain that every single day and keep light in people until I'm actually of service to others.
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The only thing that can spoil a day is people and if you can keep from making engagements, every day has no limits.
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How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.
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But I was right. I think that must be an hereditary quality, for my father says he is scarcely ever wrong.
