Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
The young man smiled—certainly a very personable young man—and explained that the light was no longer strong enough to do any more. Again in this explanation did he call me gnädiges Fräulein, and again was I touched by so much innocence. And his German, too, was touching; it was so conscientiously grammatical, so laboriously put together, so like pieces of Goethe learned by heart.
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I've always had an affinity for the fashion industry - I've always been drawn to it. But I grew up in Calgary in Canada, which, being a fairly isolated city, is not particularly known for having anything to do with fashion.
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A Tea Party tidal wave is coming.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
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The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
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I was born in Nizhny Novgorod to a very poor family and unfortunately my father and mother separated when I was very little.
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I believe in content, and I go accordingly.
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I'd like President Bush to think maybe there's another way to think, that maybe Kissinger was wrong when he says we had to go in there because he was wrong about Vietnam.
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My mother - it's not one of those waxing-poetic kind of things - she literally worked two or three jobs most of her life. So I personally experienced that, even though I had these great friends and associations who had unlimited amounts of money. That juxtaposition was an interesting one.
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Why give you answers you wont believe?Well, answers I don't believe would be a step forward.
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As she swam she seemed to be reaching out for the unlimited in which to lose herself.
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There is a favourite in every family; and, generally speaking, that favourite is the most troublesome member in it.
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Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!
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Joys too exquisite to last, And yet more exquisite when past.
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With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport.
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Ultimately, we measure ourselves on the success of our investments.
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Hollywood is a place of great irony at all times.
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I didn't give myself enough love, so I was searching for it in other places, and it was a never ending struggle.
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When we're not on the practice field, I'm watching tape, and when I'm not watching tape, I'm doing body work or something like that.
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San Francisco fucking rules. I am so proud of my home town for legalizing gay marriage, sending gays and lesbians down to the city by the Bay that was built on rock and roll to tie the knot.
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A small house must depend on its grouping with other houses for its beauty, and for the preservation of light air and the maximum of surrounding open space.
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When I go biking, I repeat a mantra of the day's sensations: bright sun, blue sky, warm breeze, blue jay's call, ice melting and so on. This helps me transcend the traffic, ignore the clamorings of work, leave all the mind theaters behind and focus on nature instead. I still must abide by the rules of the road, of biking, of gravity. But I am mentally far away from civilization. The world is breaking someone else's heart.
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Like the dew on the mountain,Like the foam on the river,Like the bubble on the fountain,Thou art gone, and forever!
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The young man smiled—certainly a very personable young man—and explained that the light was no longer strong enough to do any more. Again in this explanation did he call me gnädiges Fräulein, and again was I touched by so much innocence. And his German, too, was touching; it was so conscientiously grammatical, so laboriously put together, so like pieces of Goethe learned by heart.
