Jane Howard Quotes
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A dog is a pitiful thing, depending wholly on companionship, and utterly lost except in packs or by the side of his master. Leave him alone, and he does not know what to do except bark and howl and trot about till sheer exhaustion forces him to sleep.
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I don't care much about hardware. Nintendo games are some of the best games in the world, and from a more graphical standpoint, the Wii can't do what a PS3 or 360 can do.
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Why did I elope with my husband after knowing him for only four months? I wish I could show people the picture of the two of us that night and have them feel what I felt. But it's just a picture. It can only capture how things looked, not how they felt.
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The more time passes in your life, I think the greater you understand perspective. So I'm happy that I've had experiences that have reminded me that most exciting things might not feel so exciting later, and the most disappointing things might not be so disappointing later, either.
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Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.
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If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.
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If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing.
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The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality.
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I'm not a negative person.
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I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations.
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Nothing is a better icebreaker than a great joke.
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Your emotions are meant to fluctuate, just like your blood pressure is meant to fluctuate. It's a system that's supposed to move back and forth, between happy and unhappy. That's how the system guides you through the world.
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Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them.
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History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.
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No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities.
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All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses, his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind.
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I know that I'm a bit of a snob now, because 'The Lover' put me up here and I just don't want to accept anything less than that. I don't see why I should.
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I'm a big old egotistical baby and that's okay. I can accept it.
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My motivation comes from the plays I didn't make.
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According to scholars of linguistics, the relation between a word and its meaning is arbitrary.
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If whatever you do helps just one person, you've done something wonderful.
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New links must be forged as old ones rust.
