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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You were only truly patriotic if you had a laborer for a grandfather and were glad of it.
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I didn't lose my virginity until I was 18 The first time was a nightmare. Who shows you how to use a condom?
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In my opinion I really haven't done anything yet. I still have a lot to prove. I just want to prove to myself that I can play at the highest level of baseball in the world every day.
