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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Self-confidence comes naturally when your inner life and your outer life are in harmony.
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If you have fear of some pain or suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If you can, there is no need to worry about it; if you cannot do anything, then there is also no need to worry.
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I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.
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I see the most change in my body through exercise. They say diet determines your weight, and exercise determines your shape - I find that to be a pretty true statement. When I'm doing a lot of boxing, my hamstrings are really strong and my biceps. When I'm doing a lot of Pilates, I find that my core is really lean and my inner thighs.
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Foreign aid goes from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
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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.
