Elizabeth Goudge Quotes
When the demon was muscling for action she was like the princess in the fairy tale from whose mouth toads fell. The small part of her which remained outside the dominion of her temper stood aghast but inefficient as one after the other the reptiles showered forth.Elizabeth Goudge
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Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.
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Female adolescence is - universally - an emotionally and psychologically intense period.
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I've met Bob Dylan. We did one of those non-handshake handshakes. I was with all guys, and he shook hands with all of them, and then they said, 'And this is Kate,' and I put my hand out, and he didn't put his out. And then I took my hand away, and he put his out. It was one of those. We finally did shake. And then I fainted!
Kate Moss -
Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, this it overflows upon the outward world.
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Sometimes I post something unwittingly that connects with women. But I never think, 'OK, let's take a shirtless picture for the girls.'
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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
Warren Buffett
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Why does 'writer' have no gender, but 'actor' has a gender? What is that?
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Doing a lot of drama earlier in my career and now exploring comedy has been a treat for me, and I've had an absolute blast, and I hope to continue.
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'It is better to live poorly upon the fruits of God’s goodness than live plentifully upon the products of our own sin.'
T. B. Joshua -
The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality.
Alexis de Tocqueville -
And we made decisions on each of those matters which were ultimately upheld by the courts.
Lloyd Cutler -
Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas had very few native domesticated animal species from which humans could acquire such diseases.
Jared Diamond
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Rod's always been a keen sportsman, so he didn't live as excessive a life as some musicians.
Penny Lancaster -
The book that is the closest genetically to 'Goon Squad' is 'Look at Me.' It has the futuristic element - although, freakishly, almost every aspect I invented has come to pass in some way, including the terrorist who fantasies about blowing up the World Trade Centre. That was extremely uncomfortable. The book came out on the week of 9/11.
Jennifer Egan -
My best tennis at my peak was when I played a lot of matches.
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Concealers are like undergarments. They make you feel taller and thinner.
Bobbi Brown -
Many times I asked myself, 'Who is a painter in your own eyes?'
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Pray as if it's up to God, work as if it's up to you.
Oprah Winfrey
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Sexual signals can be received without being consciously sent.
Jacob Weisberg -
I think that Carrie is such an icon, not just as someone who played Princess Leia, but someone who was groundbreaking in that she was OK with being honest - brutally so, unapologetically so.
Kelly Marie Tran -
The love of power is the demon of mankind.
Friedrich Nietzsche -
When the demon was muscling for action she was like the princess in the fairy tale from whose mouth toads fell. The small part of her which remained outside the dominion of her temper stood aghast but inefficient as one after the other the reptiles showered forth.
Elizabeth Goudge