Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
if you have once thoroughly bored somebody it is next to impossible to unbore him.
Quotes to Explore
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I enjoy all kinds of performances and take each role differently. I keep the audiences in mind.
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My look is either very baroque or very Zen - everything in between makes me itch.
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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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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around? It takes those concerns to an extreme. In the film, without me the boy has no food, no shelter, no resources at all.
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I'm very grateful to God for what he gives me. Victories, remarkable victories, but you have to go through the defeats. That is why I praise God for everything.
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Small businesses want things streamlined, and one of the great successes we're having is less paperwork, faster turnaround times.
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I need a stylist to help me pull together a wardrobe. I just don't have a lot of time to go shopping. So I have a stylist that knows what I want to wear, what cut of clothing I like, someone that really thinks and understands what my style and how I want to feel in the clothes.
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A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.
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The fact is, I diet every day of my life. I have to work at it. But I diet so I can pig out.
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I wanted to only create a great perfume, not any perfume that would sell, but a great artistic one that the fans would not feel cheated by.
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Part of us believes the new car is better because it lasts longer. But, in fact, that's the worst thing about the new car. It will stay around to disappoint you, whereas a trip to Europe is over. It evaporates. It has the good sense to go away, and you are left with nothing but a wonderful memory.
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The pro-growth policies and spending restraint of Conservatives work.
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Nowadays, to be a good world-ranked decathlete, you need to be good at everything.
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With acting, I started very young, and I'd performed for a lot of children in boarding schools, late at night after the dormitory lights were out. I'd have a flashlight, and I'd be Count Dracula, or Shakespeare, or Yogi Bear, and leap from bunk to bunk. I loved the laughter; I liked the way it made people feel.
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I think that unless you can take judgments of right and wrong like an automaton, you must have emotions because that is our only way of moral guidance.
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I've got my huge Greek family. I mean, I don't know how many cousins I have - I can't even keep track. There are just so many of us, and we love all Greek food - we have Greek night every Sunday night.
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As a wife, daughter, friend, and the founder and CEO of LearnVest, my schedule is anything but simple. But I learned early on how meticulously manage my time.
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Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain.
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The Democratic Party needs to look carefully at moving towards the middle, where the American people are.
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Maybe it will be difficult, but I want to finish school. My parents want me to finish school, and I am pretty sure I will. I will not go to university; I will turn professional when I finish school.
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I'm actually doing what I want with my life. I do sometime think I could just shut up and rest on my laurels and say: you know what guys, I'll operate out of the pocket you put me in.... but no way! No way I'm gonna do that! I'd just get bored stiff the first minute.
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Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible.
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A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
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if you have once thoroughly bored somebody it is next to impossible to unbore him.
