Ellen Kushner Quotes
Utterly ingenious! Tiffany Trent has more fine invention at her fingertips than a roomful of magical Leonardos!
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He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.
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For my money, I don't think there's been a better comedy than 'Kung Fu Hustle' in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.
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Don't let fear rule your life. Live one day at a time, and never be afraid.
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I am confounded by the failure of this rule to meet either the spirit or letter of the law, ... It is clearly delinquent in protecting all Americans equally from the hazards of mercury.
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You can't hit what you can't see; I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee!
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Kareena Kapoor is my lucky charm
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It is important to arrange games and competition so that all Scouts of the troop take part.
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The desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews Not to be born is the best for man The second best is a formal order The dance's pattern, dance while you can. Dance, dance, for the figure is easy The tune is catching and will not stop Dance till the stars come down from the rafters Dance, dance, dance till you drop.
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I'm not romantic at all. I'm a moaner. I should be on Grumpy Old Men. I'm terrible.
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I have difficulty orienting myself in space, and I'm probably one of the few people who gets lost in Manhattan.
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You're worth what you're worth
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I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows.
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Religion Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None as invincible as they.
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An average American loves his family. If he has any love left over for some other person, he generally selects Mark Twain.
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Anyone who has the temerity to write about Jane Austen is aware of [two] facts: first, that of all great writers she is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness; second, that there are twenty-five elderly gentlemen living in the neighbourhood of London who resent any slight upon her genius as if it were an insult to the chastity of their aunts.
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'Tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes!
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My father was very political. But he told me, "Be very careful when you get into politics, because there's no black and white. There's an in-between in everything. So look at that side, don't take one point, because then you are negating half of the other people. Try to find the logic on a problem, something that you believe, and take the position that you believe, but be very careful about it." So I was very well trained in that aspect.
