Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
Things were a little untidy, but what did that matter? It was possible to become the slave of things; possible to miss life in preparation for living.
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Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
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There is no bore like a clever bore.
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I've never necessarily chosen to be a bachelor. I've had girlfriends throughout the last 20 or 30 years. It's just that there were times when I met people that fascinated me and times I didn't.
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There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
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I'm engaged to Hollywood. If there's something I find I have to do, I'll do it. Otherwise, I'll just stay home and have a vacation.
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The discovery of personal whiteness among the world's peoples is a very modern thing - a nineteenth and twentieth century matter, indeed. The ancient world would have laughed at such a distinction.
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The beautiful uncut hair of graves.
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I strongly support SNAP and will continue to urge my colleagues in Congress to provide adequate funding to this important program.
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I say this in the spirit of feminist encouragement, but I think I'm pretty hot. I've got all the facial features, facing the right way, at the right end, and you can always paint over the bad bits with makeup.
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To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted.
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A classical work doesn't ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are educated and who are still educating themselves must desire to learn more and more from it.
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My typical morning involves some time on the treadmill, but obviously I skip that a lot. Mostly, I wake up, check my email, then get to work on the various interviews and questions and phone calls that come with being an author.
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I do endless chopping and preparing things. I really find that relaxing. I do a lot of thinking as I am chopping and cooking.
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We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life.
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I believe television is going to be the test of the modern world, and that in this new opportunity to see beyond the range of our vision we shall discover either a new and unbearable disturbance of the general peace or a saving radiance in the sky. We shall stand or fall by television - of that I am quite sure.
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I am not asking anyone to accept Christianity if his best reasoning tells him that the weight of the evidence is against it.
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Secrecy is a compulsive reflex in this country. It strangles thought, delays scientific progress, and destroys integrity.
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The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful, and then only for a short while.
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As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard.
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I don't think running for office is anything I'm prepared for or could even prepare myself for.
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I need both music and acting to even think about surviving life. I don't have a choice.
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I had Batman stuff all over my house growing up.
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I have my once-a-month nachos, but it's soy cheese and turkey chili on it, so it's somewhat safe. But it's still a big vice for me, because I have a big bowl of it.
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Things were a little untidy, but what did that matter? It was possible to become the slave of things; possible to miss life in preparation for living.
