Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
And there is no getting away from it, I am made for dogs and dogs for me, because the instant I saw him I began to cheer up.
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I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
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The Law of God in the Christian religion is the schoolmaster that leads us to Christ.
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I know I stand visibly onstage, but my function is still unseen, because I rarely see the immediate results of what I am saying or doing or writing.
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You have people who are so passionate and touched by my work, which is so humbling. But other times, it's a little overwhelming. If I'm just trying to go to the bodega and get some coconut water, I have to put on a hat and some glasses - those kind of things.
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I'd like to see women get on to boards and run companies despite the fact that men occupy the citadels of power.
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Later in life, the memories I have of my mother are of constant work balanced with caring for my ailing father.
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Love labour: for if thou dost not want it for food, thou mayest for physique. It is wholesome for the body, and good for the mind. It prevents the fruits of idleness, which many times come of nothing to do, and leads many to do what is worse than nothing.
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Art is a lie that makes us realise truth ... that is given us to understand.
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He only can create the greatest imaginable beauty who has endured all imaginable pangs, for only when we have seen and foreseen what we dread shall we be rewarded by that dazzling unforeseen wing-footed wanderer.
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And then there stole into my fancy, like a rich musical note, the thought of what sweet rest there must be in the grave.
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The Constitution does not protect the sovereignty of States for the benefit of the States or state governments as abstract political entities, or even for the benefit of the public officials governing the States. To the contrary, the Constitution divides authority between federal and state governments for the protection of individuals.
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The fullest and best ears of corn hang lowest toward the ground.
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I think it's hard to come to a U2 show and just eat hot dogs and drink a soda, and not be moved by it.
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Men's hearts and faces are always wide asunder; women's are not only in close connection, but are mirror-like in the instant power of reflection.
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And there is no getting away from it, I am made for dogs and dogs for me, because the instant I saw him I began to cheer up.
