Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
No lady she had had to do with had ever had such a thing on her dressing-table. Powder was different, because one needed powder sometimes for other things besides one’s face, and also one powdered babies, and they, poor lambs, couldn’t be suspected of wanting to appear different from what God had made them. But a lip-stick! Red stuff. What actresses put on, and those who were no better than they should be. Her mistress and a lip-stick—what would Miss Virginia say?Elizabeth von Arnim
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I feel funny about owning art. I don't really want to say: 'Wow, come and see my Monet - it's in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.'
Baz Luhrmann -
How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.
Ted Danson -
We all should face some failures in life and learn from them. We should accept it and move on.
Yami Gautam -
I was shot when I think it was number one. That was the catalyst for the interest in the show. Certainly it went on for a long time after that but that's what really kicked it off. Of course a lot of people watched it just because of the novelty of the situation.
Larry Hagman -
Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
F. Sionil Jose -
I hate interference, and I don't interfere in others' lives.
Hansika Motwani
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The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.
Patrick Swayze -
In high school, my mom's friend was a location scout, and there was a shoot at our house. I came home from school, and the photographer said, 'You should call my friend at this agency.'
Laura Harrier -
With men, we blame the victim. We blame men because we have camouflaged men’s victimization by teaching men to also be the victimizer. Men’s victimizer status camouflages men’s victim status.
Warren Farrell -
On the internet nobody can hear you being subtle.
Linus Torvalds -
If you can’t distinguish people from lap-dogs, you shouldn’t undertake philanthropic work.
Anton Chekhov -
Though there were over 200 policemen standing around, none of them made a move to grab him.
Al Sharpton
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Mitt - what I speak to Mitt Romney about is jobs. What I speak to Mitt Romney about is China, because he's got a great view on China and how they're trying to destroy our country by taking our jobs and making our product and manipulating their currency, so that it makes it almost impossible for our companies to compete.
Donald Trump -
I go from stool to stool in singles bars hoping to get lucky, but there's never any gum under any of them.
Emo Philips -
I believe that each of us comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory.
Maya Angelou -
Thus the Convention is unequivocal in its call for children to be consulted, to have their opinions heard and to have their best interests considered when law and policies are being drafted.
Carol Bellamy -
I haven't spent my entire career playing the guy in the bad hat, although I have to say that the bad guy is frequently much more interesting than the good guy.
Christopher Lee -
I don't have the best track record with quotes.
James Mattis
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If we commit ourselves to reading thus increasing our knowledge, only God limits how far we can go in this world.
Benjamin Carson -
Queen Victoria was loyal and true to the Pope; that is what I was told, and so is Edward the Seventh loyal and true, but he has got something contrary in his body.
Lady Gregory -
In the very beginning we were a real tight family but now it's different. You know, toward the end, we had separate limos, stuff like that. It's hard to get six giant egos in the same place.
Bill Kreutzmann Grateful Dead -
I've turned into one of those people who go jogging in parks that I used to hate.
Sam Taylor-Wood -
No lady she had had to do with had ever had such a thing on her dressing-table. Powder was different, because one needed powder sometimes for other things besides one’s face, and also one powdered babies, and they, poor lambs, couldn’t be suspected of wanting to appear different from what God had made them. But a lip-stick! Red stuff. What actresses put on, and those who were no better than they should be. Her mistress and a lip-stick—what would Miss Virginia say?
Elizabeth von Arnim