Franz Grillparzer Quotes
To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.
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I'm a mother of three. I don't really have the time to put very elaborate outfits together, so I keep it casual but dress it up with shoes, a bag, and jewellery.
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A pitcher is only as good as his legs.
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When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville.
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I never feel there's anything I can't do.
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I'm committed to the goal of Senate Bill 324, and that is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
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It was only after the Grimms published two editions primarily for adults that they changed their attitude and decided to produce a shorter edition for middle-class families. This led to Wilhelm's editing and censoring many of the tales.
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I used to play hooky from school so I could watch cooking shows.
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What the Danes left in Ireland were hens and weasels. And when the cock crows in the morning, the country people will always say 'It is for Denmark they are crowing. Crowing they are to be back in Denmark.'
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'Kramer vs. Kramer' is one of my favorite films, where you have a story that really juxtaposes a lot of ideas that we have about family and about parenting.
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I don't have any regrets about not having had children. What's the point? It's just something else to beat yourself up over.
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I've never been much of a guitarist. I mean, I've played forever, but I was always more of a rhythm kind of guy. I don't read music.
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Lesbians are likely to be drawn to stand-up, if only because it's cheaper to produce and therefore more accessible for women. But the very form of stand-up is masculine.
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I can't play guitar if I blow my arm out.
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You've got to be before you can do and do before you can have.
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I think most writers, in a sense, have this desire to disappear, to be absolutely anonymous, to be removed in some way: that comes out of the need to be a writer.
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After the first glass you see things as you wish they were. After the second glass you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.
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'Is this being in love?' he suddenly wondered? It was nothing like the ballads he had heard sung-this was more irritating than uplifting.
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The world's whole sap is sunk: The general balm th' hydroptic earth hath drunk, Whither, as to the bed's-feet, life is shrunk, Dead and interred; yet all these seem to laugh, Compared with me, who am their epitaph.
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I grew up with 'Jane Eyre,' reading it at school, and it's one of those, I think, for a lot of women, a lot of girls, it's the iconic story and so many girls relate to Jane Eyre and her character.
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The Illuminati is just the evil, 'nameless' people who are behind governments.
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
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Usually, English personalities are difficult; they don't take criticism easily.
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To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.
