Karen Blixen Quotes
I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills. The Equator runs across these highlands, a hundred miles to the North, and the farm lay at an altitude of over six thousand feet. In the day-time you felt that you had got high up, near to the sun, but the early mornings and evenings were limpid and restful, and the nights were cold.
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He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15.
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I feel like I've exhausted guys and male friendships.
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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
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Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.
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I acted my heart out.
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My ever-present mania meant I was never phased by staying up twenty hours a day or by the different time zones. I was Superman.
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I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills. The Equator runs across these highlands, a hundred miles to the North, and the farm lay at an altitude of over six thousand feet. In the day-time you felt that you had got high up, near to the sun, but the early mornings and evenings were limpid and restful, and the nights were cold.
