Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
I'm sure it's wrong to go on being good for too long, till one gets miserable. And I can see you've been good for years and years, because you look so unhappy.
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I like the fact that Austin's the first place I've ever lived where there's a real sense of community. People care about their neighbors.
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My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
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Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.
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The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.
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The maximum expression of running dogs is the Iditarod. You enter a state of primitive exaltation, and you never return. You're never normal again.
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Authors are influenced by everything they've ever read. If you've read widely enough, it helps you create your own mix.
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Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish. The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
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Another busy day! So let’s to business. The clock moves forward; wasted time is life defeated!
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Fire hath its force abated by water, not by wind; and anger must be allayed by cold words, and not by blustering threats.
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I always ask the question: As more Africans are going online, are they finding content that is meaningful and relevant to them, or are they just consuming from everywhere else. As Africans, we have the capacity to generate our own content.
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We always project into the future or reflect in the past, but we are so little in the present.
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Something that 'Game of Thrones' always does successfully is that action sequences are never just action sequences. There's always a point of view, and you're always identifying with one person or one group of people.
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Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man. The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.
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There is something sad about malevolence, to be wicked. I have always tried to make that come across in the villains I have played.
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Music and acting kind of all goes together.
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My dad was such a bigot. He was a horrible, self-centred person. He was really racist and he'd talk about the Jews and blacks and Catholics even.
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Wealth today has been created by a world view dominated by fast-moving networks, open information, bottom-up entrepreneurialism.
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I truly have a village supporting me. My son has godmothers, godfathers, grandparents and so many others in his life who love him as much as I do. They're there for both of us. I may not have a mate or husband, but I'm definitely not a single parent.
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Soon, I'm going to need help crossing the street.
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Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
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I have my own worries and concerns and frustrations, but I'm doing something I love to do. My wife and kids are in good shape. What is there not to be happy about?
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I've done some really off-the-wall stuff and stuff that people might not expect. That's one way to work through people's expectations of you.
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I'm sure it's wrong to go on being good for too long, till one gets miserable. And I can see you've been good for years and years, because you look so unhappy.
