Isabelle Eberhardt (Isabelle Wilhelmine Marie Eberhardt) Quotes
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What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.
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People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
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When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.
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When I did '1,2,3,4' on 'Sesame Street' they'd rewritten the song and made it about counting. At first, I balked. I was like, 'Counting to four? That's where we're going with this?' Then they sent me appearances by other people like James Blunt doing 'You're Beautiful' as 'My Triangle.'
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My mom and my father's birthday are on the same day.
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Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable.
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I think of myself as somebody who, in a moment-to-moment way, I'm quite happy. But I think I am a bit doubtful and wary of true happiness, and, like a lot of my friends, there's been a good degree of self-sabotage.
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I'm lucky I have a fast metabolism... my whole family does... everyone's got a lot of nervous energy so we burn it off.
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In our case, finding a Lucy is unique. No one will ever find another Lucy. You can't order one from a biological supply house. It's a unique discovery, a unique specimen.
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My beauty secret is to try to keep my heart as open and happy as I can, because it really makes the sad lines on my face look better.
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If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be bold.
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Boys do cry, but I don't think I shed a tear for a good chunk of my teenage years.
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It's hard to articulate how I think about myself as a public figure.
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Morality is not only taught; it is caught.
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I just would like to keep going. If I kept getting the kind of work that I've been getting for the last 20 years for the next 20, I'd be a bloody Dame of the British Empire. I'd be so happy.
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I work with my brother Finneas, and he produces all of my music in his little bedroom in our house. We actually tried renting out a studio for a month when we were producing 'Don't Smile at Me,' but it was really hard there, and we ended up just doing it at home anyway.
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It could be that people just want to be connected to something that's bigger than they are that can't be proven. I don't know, I don't think that's it.
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As long as we're dependent on those fossil fuels, we're dependent on the Middle East. If we are not victims, we're certainly captives.
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I wrote a novel because I had a yen to do it. I believe this is sufficient reason to set out to tell a story.
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I don't want to follow in anyone's footsteps. I want to follow my own path and do something unique.
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It hurts me that Holland chose an ugly path to aim for the title.
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If you set your bar at 'amazing' it's awfully difficult to start. Your first paragraph, sketch, formula, sample or concept isn't going to be amazing. Your tenth one might not be either. Confronted with the gap between your vision of perfect and the reality of what you've created, the easiest path is no path. Shrug. Admit defeat. Hit delete. One more reason to follow someone else and wait for instructions. Of course, the only path to amazing runs directly through not-yet-amazing. But not-yet-amazing is a great place to start, because that's where you are.
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One must use the weapons one finds in one's path.
