Anne Bronte Quotes
Is it that they think it a duty to be continually talking,' pursued she: 'and so never pause to think, but fill up with aimless trifles and vain repetitions when subjects of real interest fail to present themselves? - or do they really take a pleasure in such discourse?' 'Very likely they do,' said I; 'their shallow minds can hold no great ideas, and their light heads are carried away by trivialities that would not move a better-furnished skull; - and their only alternative to such discourse is to plunge over head and ears into the slough of scandal - which is their chief delight.
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A race is what zoologists term a variety or subdivision of a species.
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I love the idea of using film language similarly to how musicians use music - combining images and sounds in a way that they create an emotional effect.
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If you sit in a bath of pineapple chunks, it can kill you. That's well documented.
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Politicians make phony promises all the time that they can't deliver.
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I know my Beijing medal has been a watershed moment in the history of Indian boxing, but personally speaking, I would like to better it in London.
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I like to get a salad or fruit in me - just some good energy food - and then a plate a pasta with a breast of chicken.
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History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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It is one thing to believe in God; it is quite another to believe God.
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Look to the Bible and not your feelings as the basis of the Christian life.
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The work of the preacher resembles that of the sower. Like the sower, the preacher must sow good seed, the Word of God.
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A man who takes himself too seriously will find that no one else takes him seriously.
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No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime.
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The lyrics to the single 'Survivor' are Destiny's Child's story, because we've been through a lot, ... We went through our drama with the members ... Any complications we've had in our 10-year period of time have made us closer and tighter and better.
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It's good to be alive.
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People love to be nice, but you must give them the chance.
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Went off to school, and learned to serve the state. Followed the rules, and drank his vodka straight. The only way to live was 'drown the hate'. The Russian life was very sad, and such was life in Leningrad.
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I am tied down with single words. But you wander off; you slip away; you rise up higher, with words and words in phrases.
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As nobody can possibly tell me whether one's writing is bad or good, the only certain value is one's own pleasure. I am sure of that.
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No profit grows where no pleasure is taken.
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He who has once stood beside the grave, to look back upon the companionship which has been forever closed, feeling how impotent there are the wild love, or the keen sorrow, to give one instant's pleasure to the pulseless heart, or atone in the lowest measure to the departed spirit for the hour of unkindness, will scarcely for the future incur that debt to the heart which can only be discharged to the dust.
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Invest in basic research and recruit the best minds.
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Is it that they think it a duty to be continually talking,' pursued she: 'and so never pause to think, but fill up with aimless trifles and vain repetitions when subjects of real interest fail to present themselves? - or do they really take a pleasure in such discourse?' 'Very likely they do,' said I; 'their shallow minds can hold no great ideas, and their light heads are carried away by trivialities that would not move a better-furnished skull; - and their only alternative to such discourse is to plunge over head and ears into the slough of scandal - which is their chief delight.
