Virginia Woolf Quotes
To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father.
Quotes to Explore
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I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject.
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It's like driving your car. If you drive too fast on the highway, you will topple, so you better maintain your speed. Life is similar to that, and that's the way you have to control your head.
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I'm still somebody that listens to a lot of James Brown, a lot of The O'Jays, a lot of TLC... in that era, producers had more musicianship.
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I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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Leadership has become a heavy industry. Concern and interest about leadership development is no longer an American phenomenon. It is truly global. Though I will probably be in less demand, I wanted to move on.
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Eurasia is home to most of the world's politically assertive and dynamic states.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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I love Japan, and Tokyo is my favorite city.
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When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.
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The friends I knew who tutored were well paid for work that seemed far less grueling than waitressing or late-night newspaper copy editing or all the other side gigs I attempted in my early twenties.
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Thank god, and now all I have are, twenty one years together, in January and, you know, I, you know I forgot this all about things. And anyway the first place is good thing.
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Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.
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Business has to have a seat at the table. Infrastructure isn't going to be built properly if business doesn't have a seat at the table. A school is not going to happen if businesses don't work with schools about what kind of jobs they really need.
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About the idea of a clash between cultures, between civilisations, I don't believe in it. It's something some political leaders tried to use, and that the media tried and are still trying to sell us, in order to simplify the world and their work.
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I have an office in my house, with a comfy red print reading chair and a soft cream-colored desk. After I walk Winston the Wonder dog and have my breakfast, I head to my office. Every single day. Sometimes, when I'm working on revisions, I print off my manuscript and go to a coffee shop to work. But mostly you can find me in my office.
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To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father.
