Frances Burney Quotes
People who live together naturally catch the looks and air of one another and without having one feature alike, they contract a something in the whole countenance which strikes one as a resemblance.
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The psychology of women hitherto actually represents a deposit of the desires and disappointments of men.
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There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age.
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My son's a West Point cadet.
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I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
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I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly, it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'
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I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just don't have the time to work on it right now. I'm way too busy with the 'Kingkiller Chronicles' and being a new dad.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
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It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation.
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I am not a hound; I am an attention-seeker. Very different animal. My kind of attention requires greater finesse.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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What man is there, surrounded though he be with the love of wife and children, who does not retain a memory of the romantic affection of boys for each other? Having felt it, he could scarcely have forgotten it, and if he never felt it, he missed one of the most golden of the prizes of youth, unrecapturable in mature life.
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If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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You have to train people how to be business innovators. If you don't train them, the quality of the ideas that you get in an innovation marketplace is not likely to be high.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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Life is such a tragicomedy.
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'We remind our churches to maintain the emphasis on the war against indecent dressing'
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People are pretty respectful for the most part.
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I found many ways around my dyslexia, but I still have trouble transforming words into sounds. I have to memorize and rehearse before reading anything aloud to avoid embarrassing myself by mispronouncing words.
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Very, very broadly speaking, you can put directors into two areas: One for whom you work, and the other with whom you work. And I prefer the latter, for obvious reasons. It's a great relief to feel that you're working with someone rather than for someone.
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To know God is to be transformed, and thus to be introduced to a life that could not otherwise be experienced.
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People who live together naturally catch the looks and air of one another and without having one feature alike, they contract a something in the whole countenance which strikes one as a resemblance.
