Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes
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In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he must never, never be unfaithful to them.
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The dance commonly begins about the middle of the afternoon or later, after sundown. When it begins in the afternoon, there is always an intermission of an hour or two for supper. The preliminary painting and dressing is usually the work of about two hours.
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No effort is required to define or even attain happiness, but enormous concentration is needed to abandon everything else.
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Billy Graham is one of my great lifetime heroes. I think he epitomizes the essence of what a Christian leader should be. I have participated in some of his crusades a couple of times in Atlanta. I've seen the profound impact he's had on me personally, and on other people who were not Christians and accepted Christ as Savior.
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If I could turn people into turtles, there would be turtles everywhere.
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Always play to the cheap seats. That's where the critics sit. The people who sit up front don't come to hear you play; they come to sit up front.
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So, in a sense, the verification piece is irrelevant to the format issue.
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So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so.
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We have four beautiful children and some wonderful memories.
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Before prognostication, a disclaimer: I have never been able to pick a winner. Not that it has ever stopped me from trying to. Well, it has stopped me from buying stock, but let's not talk about that.
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Experience is the best teacher of all. And for that, there are no guarantees that one will become an artist. Only the journey matters.
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If there's anyone in space, what they'll learn about the human race will be listening to us talking on the car phone.
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I'm not in a party. I am a party.
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Patsy Cline belongs shoulder-to-shoulder with Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.
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In closing, let me just thank God, on the floor of the House, for not turning away from us even though we seem to be turning away from Him.
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The fast lane for Canada-U.S. trade. Twenty-five percent of our two-way trade, or 120 billion U.S. dollars, travels the bridge; seven thousand trucks cross it every day. The value of the trade that crosses this bridge exceeds all of U.S. trade with Japan.
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Agree with an idiot and you're only one step away from turning into one yourself.
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Th' longest lane will have a turning.
