Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes

Quite unnecessary, either, ever to say pfui to him, for he was a most virtuous dog, protected from sin by absence of desires. What a contrast to his impassioned predecessor!

Elizabeth von Arnim

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  Ta-Nehisi Coates
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• A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.

  

  Lafcadio Hearn
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• I've been a war reporter and a human rights defender. A professor and a columnist. A diplomat and - by far most thrillingly - a mother. And what I've learned from all these experiences is that any change worth making is going to be hard. Period.

  

  Samantha Power
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• The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
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• A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
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• I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.

  

  Park Chan-wook
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• I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it.

  

  Carl Yastrzemski
  • Up
  • Time
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• I loved Riot Grrl. Not only was it a punk rock revolution, but it meant you could get dressed for a night out for less than two pounds!

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • Night
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• I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern.

  

  Kate DiCamillo
  • Thought
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• Frank Miller and David Mack are incredible artists.

  

  Vincent D'Onofrio
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• All strugglesAre essentiallyPower struggles.Who will rule,Who will lead,Who will define,refine,confine,design,Who will dominate.All strugglesAre essentiallyPower struggles, And mostare no more intellectualthan two ramsknocking their heads together.

  

  Octavia E. Butler
  • Together
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• Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals.

  

  Margaret Mead
  • Passion
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• I've been a Yankees fan for a long time. When I was a kid in the mid-'70s, the Yankees were really great. They had Reggie Jackson in '77. I was 8 years old at the time. He hit three home runs to win the World Series in game six against the Dodgers, and I was just hooked.

  

  James Gray
  • Time
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• An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.

  

  Don Marquis
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• If they made films in Palm Beach, actors and actresses would be much better dressed.

  

  Kenneth Jay Lane
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• It's quite extraordinary to hear a supposedly learned person call the United States a leading terrorist nation, one of the leading terrorist nations in the world. It's false and very treacherous teaching.

  

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• Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don't tell them.

  

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• Breathing in South Korea, even though the life here is not easy, makes me so happy. I feel that sitting in a coffee shop, having a cup of tea, and looking out of the window at the blue sky - this is happiness. Truly happiness.

  

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• May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.

  

  George Carlin
  • May
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• My number one horror movie is the '60s British version of 'Ten Little Indians.' This movie scared me to death when I was a kid - I still dream about it.

  

  Chris March
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• I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did.

  

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  • True
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• The average person is full of artificial desires, desires that have been suggested by what other people possess or require.

  

  Christian D. Larson
  • Person
  • Desires
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• Quite unnecessary, either, ever to say pfui to him, for he was a most virtuous dog, protected from sin by absence of desires. What a contrast to his impassioned predecessor!

  

  Elizabeth von Arnim
  • Dog
  • Sin
  • Desires