Elizabeth Jane Howard Quotes
Why can't they invent a pill that will keep you from remembering someone you don't want to remember?
Quotes to Explore
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When people are happy they have a reserve upon which to draw, whereas she was like a wheel without a tyre
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Everyone asks if a man is rich, no one if he is good.
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The most difficult part about understanding something is that we understand it all.
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I love being alive and I will be the best man I possibly can. I will take love wherever I find it and offer it to everyone who will take it. . . seek knowledge from those wiser and teach those who wish to learn from me.
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Joy and patience are far above our strength... We must persevere in prayer that he may not permit our hearts to faint... Prayer and perseverance are necessary in our daily conflicts. The best remedy to the weariness is diligence in prayer.
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The parting of a husband and wife is like the cleaving of a heart; one half will flutter here, one there.
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I think God outdid Himself when He created children.
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Death cannot explain itself. The earnestness consists precisely in this, that the observer must explain it to himself.
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Our minds must relax: they will rise better and keener after rest. Just as you must not force fertile farmland, as uninterrupted productivity will soon exhaust it, so constant effort will sap our mental vigour, while a short period of rest and relaxation will restore our powers. Unremitting effort leads to a kind of mental dullness and lethargy.
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You always hear the phrase, money doesn't buy you happiness. But I always in the back of my mind figured a lot of money will buy you a little bit of happiness. But it's not really true. I got a new car because the old one's lease expired.
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The best part about working is that you never know what you're going to learn when you start out.
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A musical is never something I thought I'd do.
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Been tumbled smooth by waves
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I actually think the whole concept of retirement is a bit stupid, so yes, I do want to do something else. There is this strange thing that just because chronologically on a Friday night you have reached a certain age... with all that experience, how can it be that on a Monday morning, you are useless?
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Deep down I'm a very shallow person.
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One of the things I love about acting is that I can enter into these other people's lives. But going back to being me at the end of the day is very important, too. That process of remembering who I am.
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I'm terrible remembering lyrics. Before a tour, I have to remind myself. I have to go through the songs.
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Why can't they invent a pill that will keep you from remembering someone you don't want to remember?
