Frances Burney Quotes
it has been long and justly remarked, that folly has ever sought alliance with beauty.
Frances Burney
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Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.
Felicity Kendal
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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.
Rafael Vinoly
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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.
Ed Rendell
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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.
E. L. Konigsburg
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When a crowd rushes into your house without declaring its intention, it is, by definition, an invasion.
Viktor Orban
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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.
Taron Egerton
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Let me do five of those, and then some slower ones for those kids that can't understand what I'm sayin.
Big Pun
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We will not send troops. Germany is not committed to Iraq - we will not commit ourselves with troops.
Joschka Fischer
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My work participates in that really quick and easy and inexpensive material that's part of our culture. In that way, my work engages the means of production that we live with, even while it's classical and embodies some things from a very long time ago.
Jessica Stockholder
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My definition of a 'friend' is, coming from Chicago, someone who says, 'Yeah, sure. You know what? Let's talk about what we can talk about. Let's help each other out. Your politics are none of my business.'
David Mamet
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Unfortunately, most people do not stop to feel their tiredness. Faced with the pressures of life, they believe that it is a matter of survival to go on as they have been. Feeling tired raises a deep fear that they may not be able to continue the struggle. Many find it difficult to say, ‘I can’t.’ As children, they were taught that where there’s a will, there’s a way. To say, ‘I can’t,’ is to admit failure, which is seen as evidence that they are unworthy of love.
Alexander Lowen
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it has been long and justly remarked, that folly has ever sought alliance with beauty.
Frances Burney