Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
Up to now I have had fourteen, but they weren’t spread over my life equally, and for years and years at a time I had none. This, when first I began considering my dogs, astonished me; I mean, that for years and years I had none. What was I about, I wondered, to allow myself to be dogless? How was it that there were such long periods during which I wasn’t making some good dog happy?
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You can't have an up without a down, a right without a left, a back without a front - or a happy without a sad.
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When you lose your mother at 20 and then your father soon after, melancholia is part of your life.
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It's a hard thing to imagine how somebody copes with grief and at the same time has to build a new life.
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You must learn to take life less seriously and to laugh.
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As a writer, I wouldn't know how to not take things out of my life.
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The yogi should meditate on a firm seat, one that is clean - untainted by dirt or unspiritual vibrations of others. The thought or life force emanating from an individual saturates the objects he uses and his dwelling.
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I never thought acting would be my life. I only started doing it because I needed something to occupy my weekends after I dislocated my knee and couldn't play sport.
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I do think there's a lot more we can do on the life agenda.
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Most people go to ashrams or retreats to destress and rejuvenate themselves. But I come back to my roots, the place where I spent half my life. And when I return, I spend time in the farms, eating a stalk of sugarcane, driving a tractor, and chilling with childhood friends.
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I think both of my parents are unique in the way they don't live their lives as celebrities. They're both artists, first and foremost. My mom lives a very private life. So does my father. You don't really see them in the tabloids or anything like that. I think that's definitely a decision you can make.
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In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!
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What I've never understood is why some women use plastic surgery to make themselves more attractive to men. The most beautiful woman is someone who's happy and is always smiling.
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To realize freedom the mind has to learn to look at life, which is a vast movement, without the bondage of time, for freedom lies beyond the field of consciousness - care for watching, but don't stop and interpret 'I am free,' then you're living in a memory of something that has gone before.
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I learned early on the magic of life is having a vision, having faith, and then going for it.
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Sometimes stories are inherently important whether or not they have a direct relation to your life.
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We all lose our looks eventually. Better develop your character and interest in life.
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My whole life and my whole career, even through my music, I tell people: let's unify; let's show more love.
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Ever since I was in my teens I had plans at one point in my life to write a novel.
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When I was seven months pregnant with my son, my mother and I took a trip to El Salvador, where she's from. Frequent visits with her to see my extended family have taught me how different life can be if you are born into poverty.
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I'm really thankful for my improv background.
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The world is still sexist.
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I am very subtle; but Man is deeper in his thought than I am. The woman knows that there is no such thing as nothing: the man knows that there is no such day as tomorrow. I do well to worship them.
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Life is an occasion...rise to it.
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Up to now I have had fourteen, but they weren’t spread over my life equally, and for years and years at a time I had none. This, when first I began considering my dogs, astonished me; I mean, that for years and years I had none. What was I about, I wondered, to allow myself to be dogless? How was it that there were such long periods during which I wasn’t making some good dog happy?
