Vernon Lee Quotes
There is too little courtship in the world. ... For courtship means a wish to stand well in the other person's eyes, and, what is more, a readiness to be pleased with the other's ways; a sense on each side of having had the better of the bargain; an undercurrent of surprise and thankfulness at one's good luck.
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I don't know what it's like in the U.S. but immigrants in the U.K. do the jobs the citizens won't do.
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I love when you aren't accountable to anybody or anything, and you can just be wherever you are.
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
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All those things you hear about networks trying to stifle creativity - CW lets creators create and gives us freedom.
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In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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There are times I think it might be nice to have deep-pocketed limited partners to provide me with some cushion. But I enjoy having no responsibilities except to myself, financially.
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I think I need security.
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Islamism is an ideology that seeks to impose any version of Islam over society.
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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What I try to keep an eye on is I don't work for the party bosses in Washington. I work for 26 million Texans.
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How much does it really matter whether your child will soon be enjoying a first year at Harvard or Yale or will instead end up at her third or fourth or fifth choice? Probably much less than you think.
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We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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Let's overwhelm the Castro regime with iPhones, iPads, American cars and American ingenuity.
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I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.
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I don't care who is attacking my son. I still support him; I still love him.
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Investors tend to discover 'hot' mutual fund managers just after a successful run and just before the inescapable force of mean reversion is about to kick in.
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I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.
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My faith is in my colleagues. And when I meet other writers, journalists, who've been doing this for a long time, trying to make us aware of what it is that we're living in, I put my faith in those people.
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I look at careers like Ben Stiller and think that's a great career to have where you're doing movies that you write and direct, and also act in films, although he's primarily an actor.
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There is too little courtship in the world. ... For courtship means a wish to stand well in the other person's eyes, and, what is more, a readiness to be pleased with the other's ways; a sense on each side of having had the better of the bargain; an undercurrent of surprise and thankfulness at one's good luck.
