Jane Austen Quotes
Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.
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Some say I was disappointed when President Obama won, and that is absolute nonsense.
Harold Ford, Jr.
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My dreams are all follies.
Taylor Caldwell
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All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.
Samuel Butler
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You want less of the annoying nonsense that interferes with your portfolios and more of the significant data that allow you to become a less distracted, more purposeful investor.
Barry Ritholtz
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I think the whole system of education would change if I were in charge and had the ability to make changes. I don't think I would keep Princeton exactly being Princeton.
Wallace Shawn
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I'm different than another person who wants to lay back and do nothing for rest of the life and talk nonsense on ESPN... I will not do that. I want to achieve something else.
Marat Safin
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I must say the idea of a United Africa was nonsense.
C. L. R. James
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The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
Carl Jung
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If the pros at Sun had had a chance to fix Java, the world would be a much more pleasant place. This is not secret knowledge. It’s just secret to this pop culture.
Alan Kay
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I don't know what draws me to my films. In hindsight, my choices turn out OK.
Dulquer Salmaan
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I feel like it's improving a little bit as we go on, but I've never been to Lilith Fair. It always seemed so cool that it was started by women, for women, and it was a safe place to go and hear all of your favorite female acts in one space.
Maren Morris
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The Capitol Police have a very tough job.
Elise Stefanik
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I was always thin. I guess I have good genes, so I never worried too much about my weight.
Martina McBride
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Drink a lot of water, wear big sunglasses, and don't wear make-up on the flight.
Doutzen Kroes
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You're obliged to pretend respect for people and institutions you think absurd. You live attached in a cowardly fashion to moral and social conventions you despise, condemn, and know lack all foundation.
Octave Mirbeau
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Let no worldly prosperity divert you, nor any worldly adversity restrain you from His praise.
Anselm of Canterbury
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Something rubs off from everything you read, observe, and tinker with.
R. F. Delderfield
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It seemed to mean so much to other people, and it sort of rubbed off on me.
Chris Stein Blondie
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It is nonsense for the Attorney General to say she had no more options.
Dennis Hastert
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The pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pursuit of truth or goodness, because it affords a stronger temptation to the ego.
Northrop Frye
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One of the most insidious consequences of the present burden of personal income tax is that it strips many middle class families of financial reserves & seems to lend support to campaigns for socialized medicine, socialized housing, socialized food, socialized every thing. The personal income tax has made the individual vastly more dependent on the State & more avid for state hand-outs. It has shifted the balance in America from an individual-centered to a State-centered economic & social system.
William Henry Chamberlin
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Frankly speaking, I could never even imagine that such information would be of interest to the American public or that the campaign headquarters of one of the candidates - in this case, Mrs. [Hillary] Clinton - apparently worked for her, rather than for all the Democratic Party candidates in an equal manner. I could never assume that anybody would find it interesting.
Vladimir Putin
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Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.
Jane Austen