Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
For years she had been able to be happy only by forgetting happiness. She wanted to stay like that. She wanted to shut out everything that would remind her of beautiful things, that might set her off again long, desiring . . .
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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If there should prove to be one real, living Free State Democrat in Kansas, I suggest that it might be well to catch him and stuff and preserve his skin as an interesting specimen of that soon-to-be-extinct variety of the genus Democrat.
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While make-up helps to enhance one's features, too much of it tends to hide a person's features.
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Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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A bad hair day for me is when it gets flat and greasy.
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People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.
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I've always romanticized the late '40s and '50s - the cars, jazz, the open roads and lack of pollution. Now there are more vehicles, less hitchhikers, more billboards and power lines and stuff. People wrote wonderful long letters that took months to receive, and now everything is email.
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I'm so appreciative that people have begun to recognize my work in a way where it can afford me more opportunities.
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There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will run them over.
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Many people in the West do not realise how oppressive some Muslim states are - both for men and for women. This is a cultural issue, not an Islamic one.
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I have yet to meet a carnivore who doesn't love a sausage roll.
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Every man over 40 should have a PSA test each year.
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The Church does not pretend to be scientists. It teaches based upon what science tells it.
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Once your dream is fulfilled you face another one.
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We have to do everything we can to try to create jobs and get people back to work.
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He said when the Lord made people He made them all the same for starters. But life marks people. If you know the way, you can read them like maps.
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It’s a trifle. It’s got all of these layers. First there’s a layer of ladyfingers, then a layer of jam, then custard, which I made from scratch, then raspberries, more ladyfingers, then beef sauteed with peas and onions, then a little more custard, and then bananas, and then I just put some whipped cream on top!
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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Disease may be defined as "A change produced in living things in consequence of which they are no longer in harmony with their environment."
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I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go.
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What the world expects of Christians is that Christians should speak out, loud and clear... in such a way that never a doubt, never the slightest doubt, could rise in the heart of the simplest man.
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For years she had been able to be happy only by forgetting happiness. She wanted to stay like that. She wanted to shut out everything that would remind her of beautiful things, that might set her off again long, desiring . . .
