Elizabeth Jane Howard Quotes
When she was drinking his liquor and smoking his cigars, Charity couldn't help warming to Sir Humphrey. She almost forgot what a crashing bore he really was.
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Wearing nice lingerie makes me feel really glamorous. I love to splurge on that.
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Everyone looks adorable singing with James Corden.
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Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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Live your lives. Go out; take walks amongst trees.
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I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I also had an interest in justice - and later learned that sometimes law and justice actually agree!
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I don't feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don't care if people think I'm gay or not. Assume whatever you want. You do it anyway.
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There is nothing nicer than playing someone who is cooler, tougher, more virtuous and sexier than yourself and thinking, 'I can be anyone.'
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All the great works of art, the cathedrals - the Gothic cathedrals and the splendid Baroque churches - are a luminous sign of God, and thus are truly a manifestation, an epiphany of God.
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I enjoy learning about the new technologies. I enjoy getting to know the new fans and dealing with them on their turf.
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'Taxi' made a big difference because it got me into comedy.
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These days, we have a million things to do and usually one day to do them in.
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Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.
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On a personal level, Freaking Out is a process whereby an individual casts off outmoded and restricting standards of thinking, dress, and social etiquette in order to express creatively his relationship to his immediate environment and the social structure as a whole.
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Fearful concatenation of circumstances.
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Though it makes me sick to do so without my writers, there are more than a hundred people whose financial well-being depends on our show. It is time to go back to work.
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Bad people are intriguing!
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Underlying the whole scheme of civilization is the confidence men have in each other, confidence in their integrity, confidence in their honesty, confidence in their future.
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The Blood of Heroes is surely the best account to date, one that presents plenty of new insights while acting as a corrective-or at least an alternative viewpoint-to previous accounts....Donovan combines that vital blend of authoritative scholarship with the vivid writing necessary to make an oft-told tale seem fresh.
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Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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In Canada, we're happy to provide a safe haven for next-door neighbors in the middle of a marital dispute. And if anyone trips while crossing the border, we're happy to set their broken bones for free.
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When she was drinking his liquor and smoking his cigars, Charity couldn't help warming to Sir Humphrey. She almost forgot what a crashing bore he really was.
