Frances Burney Quotes
it has been long and justly remarked, that folly has ever sought alliance with beauty.
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Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.
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The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.
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At the risk of being forgotten completely by the media, I went to college and pursued a passion that had nothing to do with acting: mathematics.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
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I'm addicted to 'Scandal.' Joe Morton is the devil, and I love him. I am addicted to 'Boardwalk Empire.' Jeffrey Wright is the devil, and I love him.
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I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
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There are 3 billion women in the world, so there are 3 billion ways to be a feminist.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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I've always wanted to do a lot of things.
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When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
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Every night we all felt grateful to be there, stunned at the amount of people that are there, and stunned at their reactions. They go crazy; they know every lyric from eight years of age to eighty. It's unbelievable.
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Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.
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I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall flat.
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Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.
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I get ideas for my books from people I know and what happens to them, from places I've been and what happens to me, and from things I read.
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When a crowd rushes into your house without declaring its intention, it is, by definition, an invasion.
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I'm a working actor. I don't make my own work, so it's the opportunities that are presented to me.
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My grandma said - when I was really young and I'd sing along to the radio - why do you sing in an American accent? I guess it was because a lot of the music I was listening to had American vocalists.
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Our communities have been deeply enhanced by immigration, be it of Irish Catholics across the constituency or of Muslims from Gujarat in India or from Pakistan, principally from Kashmir.
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It is just more rewarding to do things in a supportive environment.
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There would be no debate about who was the best footballer the world had ever seen - me or Pele. Everyone would say me.
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Nothing remains but desire, and desire comes howling down Elysian Fields like a mistral.
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it has been long and justly remarked, that folly has ever sought alliance with beauty.
