Elizabeth Bowen Quotes
Experience isn't interesting until it begins to repeat itself - in fact, till it does that, it hardly is experience.
Quotes to Explore
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By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
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Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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I created something that became a phenomenon without becoming a prisoner to it.
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You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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I wanted to experience New York, to look up and see buildings.
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One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.
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Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.
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Only through loving and supporting one another, even in the face of unbearable pain and suffering, will this cycle of violence end.
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I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
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To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.
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I like listening to music and driving. How do you say... It's the only way I can 'chillax.'
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.
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This killing of Israel athletes is an act of war. And if there's one place that war doesn't belong, it's here. 1200 years. From 776 B.C. to 393 A.D., your fellow Olympians laid down their arms to take part in these games. They understood there was more honor in out running a man than in killing him. I hope the competition will resume, and if it does, you must not think that running or throwing or jumping is frivelous. The games were once your fellow Olympians answer to war – competition, not conquest. Now, they must be your answer.
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Cader de la padella ne le brage.
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I spent a couple of years doing American films. I did a few.
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I defy you to find any real will, any reasoning force, outside of life. And everything is there; there is, in the world, no other will than this force which impels everything to life, a life even broader and higher.
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Here I am, I still go on, you know, like the tides.
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Experience isn't interesting until it begins to repeat itself - in fact, till it does that, it hardly is experience.
