Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
... Why, it would really be being unselfish to go away and be happy for a little, because we would come back so much nicer.Elizabeth von Arnim
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For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
Karl Malone -
I'm an emotional actor. When I'm doing a scene, I really believe it. I live the part as long as I'm in the scene.
Victor Mature -
I love the game of hockey. I love being part of it. I think I know a lot about the game.
Patrick Kane -
I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them when they were finished because they were simple copies of the films I saw in childhood.
Manuel Puig -
That's a comic cover's job: Attract someone's attention and persuade them to try the issue out.
Adam Hughes -
Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
Adam Grant
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I always love China, especially the old China.
Manolo Blahnik -
I have to look at my career as 'it was what it was,' but I do wish there was more of it.
Daniel Bryan -
It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my father was a sports writer.
Patricia Heaton -
Sometimes there’s no point in giving up.
Larry Niven -
She doesn't get to say much in the official biography - I believe they are out of wine, etc., practical things - watching with one eye as he goes about the world calling himself The Son Of Man.
Anne Carson -
Making movies is about creating illusions, and they can be subtle illusions, but it's all a cumulative effect as you make these little tweaks. It kinda adds up to something, hopefully.
Jeff Bridges
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Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority.
Chaka Fattah -
It's difficult to write about poverty in a way that doesn't feel cliched.
Jake Halpern -
I'm especially keen to work with good scriptwriters on stories we have developed.
Jiang Wen -
Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations of tyranny or slavery.
Franz Kafka -
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
Jean de la Bruyere -
My parents were intelligent and encouraging, but at the same time, they were displeased at me becoming a wandering troubadour and wire walker.
Philippe Petit
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In America , there's a just-add-water reality TV world in which people expect to get their Warholian 15 minutes of fame.
Kehinde Wiley -
I'm happy with my commercial heroine tag.
Hansika Motwani -
I'm happy with the way everyone presents themselves onstage.
Daisy Berkowitz -
I have an iPod, but I put my music in it from my CDs, and then I have that CD in my library.
Eddie Trunk -
Love is a credulous thing.
Ovid -
... Why, it would really be being unselfish to go away and be happy for a little, because we would come back so much nicer.
Elizabeth von Arnim