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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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No profit grows where no pleasure is taken.
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Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.
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Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with hot flashes.
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I was a late bloomer. I was 38 when my first book was out and 43 when my first crime novel was out. I had a story that could only be told as a crime story. I think the genre is good; it deals with the fundamental questions of life and death. The problem is there are too many bad crime stories.
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I think you have to love yourself and you have to have a strong sense of self-love in order to really show up for other people, because if you love yourself, you're not questioning your own mind any more and you are really able to be present and available for others.
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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.
