Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
But it is impossible, I find, to tidy books without ending by sitting on the floor in the middle of a great untidiness and reading.
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Digital presentation is just television in public; we're all just getting together and watching TV without pointing the remote control at the screen.
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I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play.
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I wouldn't want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities.
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It's healthy to have interests besides books.
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One must put things in perspective - I've been given a circumstance with very little time to catch form and try and get an Olympic quota for the country.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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If listeners aren't carried away to Heaven, I'm failing.
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I do not play golf regularly, but I feel that hitting the moving ball in cricket is tougher than hitting a stationary ball as in golf, which requires more concentration and steady hands.
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Album sales have collapsed, with few artists making money from albums; touring is more lucrative. But I'm 53 now and won't be able to tour forever, so a logical step is to get into writing film scores. Trouble is, you need to be somewhere which has a big film industry - another reason why I'm thinking about living in California.
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Another example of that was that even during the economic problems of the 1945 government, we managed to carry out other aspects of our policy and other ideals. Through the establishment of national parks, for instance.
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The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.
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It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.
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Livable neighborhoods with a vibrant street life will stimulate our economic life as well.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child.
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I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
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I shoot, I score. He shoots, I score.
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I've always been physical. I have no concept of what life is like without physical activity.
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I don't think you learn as much about yourself when you are moving forwards as when you have fallen backwards. That's when you really learn who you are. And reach for the things that have propelled you forward and made you a better person.
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Rather to excite your judgment briefly than to inform it tediously.
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Booksellers are the bartenders of the reading world. People share thoughts and interests they keep private from others in their lives.
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When you make a commitment to a relationship, you invest your attention and energy in it more profoundly because you now experience ownership of that relationship.
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But it is impossible, I find, to tidy books without ending by sitting on the floor in the middle of a great untidiness and reading.
