Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
Rooms in one of those spacious old houses with the large windows facing the sun, and plenty of books—if I were that abstracted but happy form of reptile called a bookworm, which I believed I am prevented from being only by my sex, the genus, I am told, being persistently male, I would take care to spend at least one of my life’s winters in Putbus. How divinely quiet it would be. What a place for him who intends to pass an examination, to write a book, or who wants the crumples got by crushing together too long with his fellows to be smoothed out of his soul.
Elizabeth von Arnim
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Long live the liberation of the workers off all countries from the infernal chasm of war, exploitation and slavery!
Karl Liebknecht
Do you know that my personal crusade in life (in the philosophical sense) is not merely to fight collectivism, nor to fight altruism? These are only consequences, effects, not causes. I am out after the real cause, the real root of evil on earth - the irrational.
Ayn Rand
There is a reason so many Americans choose to develop their net worth through homeownership: It is a proven wealth builder and savings compeller.
Matthew Desmond
Keep doing what you do, and people that enjoy what you do are gonna buy your music and love on you.
Marvin Sapp
In that sense, when a Bush or a Gore, or whomever, goes on David Letterman, that's the news, too.
Frank Rich
I didn't know there was this sort of immediate camaraderie that's very intense when you make a movie because you're all in this together. You tend to get really close to people really fast.
Kelly Marie Tran
There are three things we cry about in life, things that are lost, things that are found, and things that are magnificent.
Douglas Coupland
The art of today is that which really belongs to us: it is our own reflection. In condemning it we but condemn ourselves.
Okakura Kakuzo
At 35, I'm thinking, Oh, I don't have any of that initial inspiration that I had before, all that angst. I always thought I would burn out very quickly.
Ariel Pink
I am going to ensure that LGBTQ Americans have full equality under the law and address the urgent crisis of violence against transgender women of color.
Hillary Clinton
When we learn to trust the universe, we shall be happy, prosperous and well.
Ernest Holmes
Rooms in one of those spacious old houses with the large windows facing the sun, and plenty of books—if I were that abstracted but happy form of reptile called a bookworm, which I believed I am prevented from being only by my sex, the genus, I am told, being persistently male, I would take care to spend at least one of my life’s winters in Putbus. How divinely quiet it would be. What a place for him who intends to pass an examination, to write a book, or who wants the crumples got by crushing together too long with his fellows to be smoothed out of his soul.
Elizabeth von Arnim