Vita Sackville-West Quotes
I have come to the conclusion, after many years of sometimes sad experience, that you cannot come to any conclusion at all.
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You know when you're 14 and terrified to talk to a girl? I didn't suffer much from that. It seemed very natural to me to talk to girls.
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Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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I think she has more gospel style than I do. I think I'm more, umm, you know mainstream I guess. I don't know if we split the vote. That could be possible but I don't think we are the same at all.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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If 'Airplane!' comes on, it's like a comfort film. You can always guarantee a laugh watching that movie.
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I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.
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In most movies there is a Prince Charming who rides up and saves the girl.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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Healthy forests and wetlands stand sentry against the dangers of climate change, absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and locking it away in plants, root systems and soil.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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Ask Mother for advice on breaking into show business.
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I cook everything from Italian to Cajun food. I have now mastered the roux for gumbo. I love cooking.
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Whenever someone says the word community, I want to reach for an oxygen mask.
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The long term sustainable growth in job creation comes from the private sector. It is important that the Obama administration partner with the private sector and come up with the best possible ideas for creating jobs.
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I love the feeling that you get when you can really laugh with a man and be natural and not always think that there's a sexual element going on. For me, flirting with a man means making fun of myself and trying to open myself and be very unpretentious.
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I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
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It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
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The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife, - this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. In this merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost... He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a Negro and an American.
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Parents go to sleep early. This is universal.
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Feeling of an emotion is a process that is distinct from having the emotion in the first place. So it helps to understand what is an emotion, what is a feeling, we need to understand what is an emotion.
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Learn her skills, honor her sword, and keep her secrets.
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I looked at him like he had three eyes. Ultimately though, if you look at the program now, he was right on target. If TCU had stayed, I don't think TCU would ever have had the success we had.
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I have come to the conclusion, after many years of sometimes sad experience, that you cannot come to any conclusion at all.
