Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
True she was old, true she was unbeautiful, true she therefore had no reason to smile, but kind ladies smiled, reason or no. They smiled not because they were happy but because they wished to make happy.
Quotes to Explore
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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In North Germany, a troublesome ghost is bagged, and the bag emptied in some lone spot or in the garden of a neighbour against whom a grudge is entertained.
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.
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Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.
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Get Miramax to send me down to Australia. I'd like to see it.
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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One of the most wonderful memories in my life was when I sang at the Opera House in Sydney. I will never forget that. It is one of the most beautiful Houses I have ever sung in my life.
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I want to live every moment totally and intensely. Even when I'm giving an interview or talking to people, that's all that I'm thinking about.
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I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me, is the heroic in fiction.
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The Keynesian belief that 'demand' is always at the root of underemployment and slow growth is a fallacy.
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I'm a wandering gypsy.
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I've always wanted to sing, just as I've always known that one day I would have my own niche in the annals of song. It was a feeling I had.
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Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist.
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In the case of Marilyn and John Kennedy, I think they did affect change.
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I often visit Maria Tatar's 'The Grimm Reader' for a cold dose of courage. Her translations come from the Brothers Grimm, whose now-famous collection of 'Kinder- und Hausmarchen' ('Children's and Household Tales') was first published in 1812. The book was not intended for young readers.
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O poeta é um fingidor.Finge tão completamenteQue chega a fingir que é dorA dor que deveras sente.
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I am stuffing your mouth with yourpromises and watchingyou vomit them out upon my face.
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When I left Chicago, people said, 'Careful with that Texas heat'. I'm like, 'I'm from Puerto Rico. I know heat.'
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Of course, today at the Karolinska Institute, I am working with some top experts - even some Nobel prize winners. They have the latest news and I have the technique.
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It is much easier to become a father than to be one.
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Happy the heart to whom God has given enough strength and courage to suffer for Him, to find happiness in simplicity and the happiness of others.
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True she was old, true she was unbeautiful, true she therefore had no reason to smile, but kind ladies smiled, reason or no. They smiled not because they were happy but because they wished to make happy.
