Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
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You know who we hear about all the rappers from? The bus drivers.
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I am definitely a perfectionist, and I do like things a certain way. But as I have got older, I would say that I am a little bit less of a control freak.
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When the British became Christian, Christianity in no way altered their political organisation.
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds, will lend themselves to the exigencies of my inner rhythm.
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I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people wanted to see singing, and dancing and comedy in the morning.
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I like my parents but they are just not good parents. They are nice enough people. I'm not interested in hurting their feelings.
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We live in a democracy, and people are free to sometimes choose the wrong leader.
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Words that weep and tears that speak.
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A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world.
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I had fans, and the industry and everybody saying, 'Keep the Righteous Brothers going; keep the music alive,' and I really didn't want to do that. I had sung with a couple of guys who would supposedly be really good Bobby Hatfields, and I thought, 'Oh geez, it's really anti-climatic.'
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We have lost contact with reality, the simplicity of life.
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I have been a Republican since I came to this country, fleeing communism when I was eight years old and Ronald Reagan was president.
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I keep my hair curly and natural because I really just wanna show who I am.
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If I was blond and tall, then I would have had 10 times the competition. I auditioned steadily and performed for everyone who would hire me. Now I am in a position to pick and choose my roles.
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The Tea Party movement is a wide and diverse group. It will hurt the Republican Party if some elements of the Tea Party decide to become third party advocates because it will split the conservative vote.
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When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed.
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I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly to flatter you. Don't flatter me.
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One of the things I've always liked about my husband is he's very good at lots of stuff. He was an English teacher when I met him. He wrote poetry and played the guitar. As time went on, he decided to go into economics, so he's very analytical and mathematical in addition to his artsy side.
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I just want to make the best music I can make.
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It was a place to bless God in and cease from vain words.
