Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
Once more she had that really rather disgusting suspicion that her life till now had not only been loud but empty.
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I like winning. There's also a certain joy in it. I feel fulfilled by it.
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Almost immediately, I remember right when Tikrit even fell, a few days after Baghdad fell, there was talks of insurgency, there was talks of jihad and of resisting the American occupiers, and slowly this turned into an organized movement.
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We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.
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A woman's health is her capital.
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We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us.
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We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.
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The only people who usually have input on my writing are my wife and my editor. I'm not in conversation with anyone except the people I report on and the people I work with.
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Show me someone who never gossips, and I will show you someone who is not interested in people.
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I would never suggest anyone to stay at a company more than six or seven years. We grow as individuals and the world is moving so fast. Typically, I'll always sell a piece of each of my companies along the way.
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I have enormous respect for people who are gifted mechanics.
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Men are like mascara, they run at the slightest display of emotion.
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My social circle, my best friends, are all people that I met at UCB.
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All those things they say about a baby changing your perspective - it does!
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Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?
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Philosophers' Syndrome: mistaking a failure of the imagination for an insight into necessity.
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I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer.
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I think it's better to be overly ambitious and fail than to be underambitious and succeed in a mundane way. I have been very fortunate. I failed upward in my life!
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I've always been very competitive, and I've always had this desire to win my entire life. I guess when it comes to being in the cage, especially, I just hate losing more than I like to win. The idea of someone beating me just doesn't sit well.
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I don't want my life to be about a house and a car.
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You know, I am a Leo. Lion is a giant part of me.
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As I say, the Animals had a particular concept of themselves as a band. There was an anarchic spirit in it, which was being flattened by commercial designs, attitudes, and needs.
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Once more she had that really rather disgusting suspicion that her life till now had not only been loud but empty.
