Isabella Bird Quotes
I have just dropped into the very place I have been seeking, but in everything it exceeds all my dreams.
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I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'
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Unless one is a religious fundamentalist and believes that man was created in the image and likeness of God, it is foolish to believe that human beings are exempt from biological classification and the laws of evolution that apply to all other life forms.
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The worst affected from corruption is the common man.
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
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I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
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I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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If you ask three people what it means to be Christian, you will get three different answers. Some feel being baptized is sufficient. Others feel you must accept the Bible as immutable historical fact. Still others require a belief that all those who do not accept Christ as their personal savior are doomed to hell.
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Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increases, the prices soften. When prices fall, some mines with higher production costs will shut down as they become unviable.
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There are downsides to implicitly trusting banks, as the 2008 financial crisis showed.
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No matter who you are, the grass is never greener on the other side.
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My first job is big sister and I take that very seriously.
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When you dance, it takes a lot of stamina, but it never seemed like work 'cause I was doing something that I so loved doing. It was always a joy. And you know, to have beautiful ballets made specially for you is such an honor. I always said it was better than diamonds.
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If you chomp down too hard on my work, you're going to break your teeth.
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I'm one of the first invention capitalists.
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When we make the show, we are always talking about how the show is really in between what we make and what the viewer thinks of it.
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I think the term 'fair reporting' is overused when it comes to journalism. I think saying they want to report evenly is more accurate.
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The number of parts that were required were just prohibitive.
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I pretty much built a band out of the most incredible guys I could possibly find. I didn't really want a six-piece band, but it just ended up being a six-piece band because these guys are all awesome.
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Melius est bene mori, quam male vivere (...) qui mortem metuit, amittit gaudia vitae; super omnia vincit veritas, vincit, qui occiditur, quia nulla ei nocet adversitas, si nulla ei dominatur iniquitas.
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The Russians have turned out to be the largest divided nation in the world nowadays. Is that not a problem?
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If you needed to borrow a cup of sugar, you knocked on your neighbour's door.
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Interestingly, the actress who, in her own persona, may be gentle, shy, and socially awkward, someone whose hand trembles when pouring a cup of tea for a visiting friend, can convincingly portray an elegant, cruel aristocrat tossing off malicious epigrams in an eighteenth-century chocolate house.
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I have just dropped into the very place I have been seeking, but in everything it exceeds all my dreams.
