Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
However, few marriages, he understood, were lasting successes, so that perhaps after all it didn’t much matter.
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Books about spies and traitors - and the congressional hearings that follow the exposure of traitors - generally assume that false-negative errors are much worse than false-positive errors.
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My goal in life was to pursue the good life.
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I'm not great at multi-tasking, so when I do one thing... I like to do it 100%.
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I want people to just to see, all you got to do is have a little faith.
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One thing that founders always underestimate is how hard it is to recruit.
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The science shows that the best way to use money is to take the issue of money off the people. Pay people enough so that money isn't an issue, and they can focus on doing great work.
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Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
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I didn't like children. I didn't think of myself as a child. I didn't like any of the things other children were interested in.
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In comparison to other women in the world, perhaps I'm seen as smaller. But I've never had a problem thinking of myself as a large woman.
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The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it.
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I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.
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I took the whole college prep trajectory, and then in my senior year of high school, I decided that performing was something that I had always done as a kid, and I loved it... I said, 'This makes people happy when I do this, I feel good, I get to pretend and explore other areas and learn so much'.
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I think one of the very frightening things about the regime of the National Socialists is that it made people happy.
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It often takes time for the Israeli government to get things done.
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You make observations, write theories to fit them, try experiments to disprove the theories and, if you can't, you've got something.
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If the administration asks for $5 and Congress appropriates $4, that's what they get. If the government creates a subterfuge by going outside the government to raise money through a private entity, that's a violation of the law.
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Los Angeles and New York are the big centers of the music industry worldwide so of course it can be hard for newcomers who don't know what to expect from the music business.
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In the 21st century, I think it's fair to say, homosexuality is more accepted in Britain and it's wonderful that my generation has been able to grow up with that.
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UNICEF has made the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life.
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I don't believe in college admission or any other venue that we should pick one race or sex over another in college admissions. My philosophy and reaction is that I would not support a program that by race or status alone elevates someone over another in a competition of sorts.
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As I said, I spent most of my adult life thinking I didn't have a vote, and therefore that what I thought didn't matter.
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I've always had mostly women come out to see me perform. That's the reason the guys show up; they know R. Kelly is going to draw the women. Most of the songs I'm singing are catering to women anyway.
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However, few marriages, he understood, were lasting successes, so that perhaps after all it didn’t much matter.
