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 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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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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All you have to do is to dream big and try to fulfil it.
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Every day, I wake up and say, 'Good Morning, Jesus.'
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It wasn't just about flashing lights and pinball machines blowing up and things like that. It was about using encores, bringing back the good songs and using techniques that I knew about from rock performance.
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The tedious and convoluted reasoning behind the Supreme Court's ongoing project to expunge all references to God from the public domain.
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The earth keeps some vibration going There in your heart, and that is you. And if the people find you can fiddle, Why, fiddle you must, for all your life.
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I have always felt comfortable in blue jeans. I have found it interesting, however, that people also whistle at blue jeans. I have to admit that I like mine to fit. There's nothing I hate worse than baggy blue jeans.
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We have now under President Obama's leadership had 29 months in a row of private sector job growth. That stretch of positive private sector job growth hasn't happened since 2005. We still have a long way to go, but we are moving in the right direction.
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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.
