Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes

Now she had taken off her goodness and left it behind her like a heap of rain-sodden clothes, and she only felt joy.

Elizabeth von Arnim

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• I think that the mistakes that anyone can make going on dates is probably not being themselves because you can only trick people for so long.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • People
  • Long
  • Think

• When you love someone so much that you are in pain when you are apart it ends up being destructive. I never want to be in that place again.

  

  Sadie Frost
  • Up
  • Love
  • Want

• I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Thoughts
  • Presence
  • Studying

• I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Think
  • Just
  • Consistent

• Men fall in love with their eyes - they like what they see - and women fall in love with their ears - they like what they hear!

  

  Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Men
  • Women
  • Love

• I get to meet different directors and different people.

  

  Quvenzhane Wallis
  • People
  • Different
  • Meet

• To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death.

  

  Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • Remember
  • Death
  • Me

• My size is a huge part of me. You just have to appreciate those kinds of things. So I wasn't born with long legs - who cares. You just have to embrace it. Being body positive is really important to your overall happiness.

  

  Sabrina Carpenter
  • Important
  • Long
  • Positive

• There are times I can't even figure myself out.

  

  Aaliyah
  • Myself
  • Times
  • Figure

• I don't go to premieres. I don't go to parties. I don't covet the Oscar. I don't want any of that. I don't go out. I just have dinner at home every night with my kids. Being famous, that's a whole other career. And I haven't got any energy for it.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Home
  • Kids
  • Career

• You can never let anything distract you from your main objective. My only goal is to be great. That's all I want. That's all I ever aspire to be. Greatness is something nobody can ever take away from you, no matter what happens. So I put all my energy and focus into my craft.

  

  Larry Fitzgerald
  • Great
  • Energy
  • Focus

• The purpose of the suit is to harass and discourage rather than to win. The law can be used very easily to harass, and enough harassment on somebody who is simply on the thin edge anyway, well knowing that he is not authorized, will generally be sufficient to cause his professional decease. If possible, of course, ruin him utterly.

  

  L. Ron Hubbard
  • Law
  • Purpose
  • Professional

• If you look at things like Google Now also. Maybe you want to just have a question answered for you before you ask it.

  

  Larry Page
  • Question

• Resident mockery give us an hour for magic

  

  Jim Morrison The Doors
  • Magic

• Infidi maris insidis virisque dolumqueut vitare velint, neve ullo tempore credantsubdola cum ridet placidi pellacia ponti.

  

  Lucretius

• They weave a slow andante as in sleep,Scaled yellow, swampy black, plague-spotted white;With blue and lidless eyes at watch they keepA treachery of silence; infinite.

  

  Arthur Symons
  • Black
  • Eyes
  • Sleep

• I want to share the experiences I've had.

  

  Charli XCX

• Kevin Durant would be welcome back in Oklahoma any time he's willing to come, and I want to be the first one he calls. He took care of the victims of our tornadoes. He took care of families. Took care of little kids. So, he has a heart, and he's not a bad ballplayer.

  

  Jim Inhofe
  • Time
  • Heart
  • Kids

• Prepare for joy - speak your truth, care for yourself, expand your knowledge, nurture your friendships, let people love you, take on new adventures, go where your heart leads you.

  

  Charlotte Kasl
  • People
  • Heart
  • Truth

• There is a very big difference between writing for children and writing for young adults. The first thing I would say is that 'Young Adult' does not mean 'Older Children', it really does mean young but adult, and the category should be seen as a subset of adult literature, not of children's books.

  

  Garth Nix
  • Writing
  • Children
  • Literature

• At 13 years old, I realized I could start my own band. I could write my own song, I could record my own record. I could start my own label. I could release my own record. I could book my own shows. I could write and publish my own fanzine. I could silk-screen my own T-shirt. I could do this all myself.

  

  Dave Grohl Nirvana
  • Song
  • Band
  • Record

• But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place.

  

  Vernon Jordan
  • Time
  • Place
  • Individual

• If we look into ourselves we discover propensities which declare that our intellects have arisen from a lower form; could our minds be made visible we should find them tailed.

  

  William Winwood Reade
  • Mind
  • Looks
  • Form

• Now she had taken off her goodness and left it behind her like a heap of rain-sodden clothes, and she only felt joy.

  

  Elizabeth von Arnim
  • Joy
  • Clothes
  • Goodness