Susanna Kearsley Quotes
The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die.
Quotes to Explore
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It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.
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Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What wonder that later in life it should be inclined to raise those feet too swiftly to fools and bores.
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Hypnotism is trespass into the territory of another's consciousness. Its temporary phenomena have nothing in common with the miracles performed by men of divine realization.
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I've learned never say never.
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I'm no angel, but I'm no monster, either.
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I love the fact that everyone's trying to be good-looking in L.A. - then I turn up and I get work.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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I used to enjoy bad television, like really bad quiz programmes or sitcoms.
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Everyone is just nicer to prettier people.
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Oddly, a search for 'jeggings' in my email inbox shows that my first exposure to the phenomenon came from - wait for it - Mike Allen of 'Politico,' who helpfully explained the concept on December 20, 2009.
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Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers.
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In organic chemistry, we have learnt to derive from compounds containing only carbon and hydrogen, i.e. from the hydrocarbons, all other types of combinations, such as alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, acids, etc.
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Paris can be like the land of the Lotus-Eaters. You can't leave.
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Ford was warm and friendly. He wouldn't embarrass a Cabinet member.
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I think there's a time to be private and a time to be public, and I think that companies like Facebook and Groupon are basically transformational companies. You don't come across them very often, and I'm pretty sure that they can continue to grow for a long time even being public.
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Yeah, I'm very impressed with Lifetime, this is the first time I've worked with them. I really like the kind of programming that they're into, so I'm hoping that I will.
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I moved to Dallas in 1975 and stayed there until 1980. That's when I decided it was time to move to L.A.
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Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
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I have a high self-opinion - I don't need to hide that. I don't need to be self-deprecating.
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We cannot undo the past in this misguided war in Iraq.
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The right quote can inspire people to change their ways.
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We want our students to be the students we want to teach.
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The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die.
