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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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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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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Everyone should be good at what they do.
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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
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I am one of the lucky people in the world: I found something I always wanted to do, and I have enjoyed every single minute of it.
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A game one of my sisters will play with me in my first year of being alive is called Good Baby, Bad Baby. This consists of being told I am a good baby until I smile and laugh, then being told I am a bad baby until I burst into tears. This training will stand me in good stead all through my life.
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When we finished 'Stop Making Sense,' we went right to the San Francisco Film Festival for the world premiere, and people swarmed the stage and started dancing before the first song was even finished.
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There's a good part of Computer Science that's like magic. Unfortunately there's a bad part of Computer Science that's like religion.
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Rock stars are good at making noise.
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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.
