Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
The passion for being for ever with one's fellows, and the fear of being left for a few hours alone, is to me wholly incomprehensible. I can entertain myself quite well for weeks together, hardly aware, except for the pervading peace, that I have been alone at all.
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I can get moody sometimes when I wake up after a nap - I'm like a four-year-old.
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Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
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The last suit that you wear, you don't need any pockets.
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Being an offensive lineman, you always have the mindset of being an unsung hero - a lot of the people who look at the game follow the ball.
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We are perverse creatures and never satisfied.
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The end of secrecy would be the end of the novel - especially the English novel. The English novel requires social secrecy, personal secrecy.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.
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To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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I've worked in construction, in a factory sewing clothes. I also sold flowers and doughnuts - just odd jobs to try to make 10 pesos, which is equivalent to 20 cents.
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.
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I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities.
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We enjoy change and freshness, and disco was only one area we've delved into.
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In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds.
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Often the last thing I want to do is stand up in front of 50 cameras on the red carpet. I'd rather have a cup of hot milk and an early night.
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I think I may just enjoy being behind the camera as much as I like being in front of it.
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Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment.
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Passion is needed for any great work, and for the revolution, passion and audacity are required in big doses.
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Follow your passion. Do what you love, and the money will follow. Most people don't believe it, but it's true.
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When Men are irritated, and the Passions inflamed, they fly hastily and cheerfully to Arms; but after the first emotions are over, to expect, among such People, as compose the bulk of an Army, that they are influenced by any other principles than those of Interest, is to look for what never did, and I fear never will happen
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What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?
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I only know about a few things, but I am quite good at bluffing. There are a whole range of subjects, including the Renaissance, which I am prepared to sound expert on.
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The passion for being for ever with one's fellows, and the fear of being left for a few hours alone, is to me wholly incomprehensible. I can entertain myself quite well for weeks together, hardly aware, except for the pervading peace, that I have been alone at all.
