Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim.
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If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom ethics appeal more strongly than aesthetics will see its moral lesson. It will fill the cowardly with terror, and the unclean will see in it their own shame.
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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.
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Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement.
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Do I have to use my feet? Can I knock the window out with my head?
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The best decision I ever made, period, was to get into the music business.
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If there is one thing I object to, its actors talking about how tough their jobs are.
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Its okay I'm wearing really big knickers.
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Life! Life! Don't let us go to life for our fulfilment or our experience. Life makes us pay too high a price for its wares, and we purchase the meanest of its secrets at a cost that is monstrous and infinite.
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The best revenge is to live well.
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Our bad memories and our bad experiences are what make us who we are and what make us grow and allow us to learn, if we choose to see the lessons in those experiences.
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For duty, duty must be done; The rule applies to everyone.
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This is a second chance for me, ... There's not much more you can ask for than that.
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We need a collective moment where we commit ourselves to long-term solutions.
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In every generation there are voices that question the authority of Scripture. So in one sense this is merely part of the continuing stream. But there's a sense in which the questions that are raised against Scripture vary a wee bit from generation to generation.
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My grandma did opera singing for the better part of her life; she used to sing all over the place. My grandpa was a sax player, and he used to travel all over the place, too.
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One can only be in awe of the creativity of chocolate marketers. My take is that if there is a health benefit, it is small.
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The theater of my mind has a seating capacity of just one, and its sold out for all performances.
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Despite the recent conviction of many that we're headed back to inflation, I think deflation remains the more likely prospect. You've just got too much excess capacity in the world.
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I have a peculiar capacity for doing nothing and yet enjoying myself.
