Jane Austen Quotes
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species.
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Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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Born in 1936, I experienced the Second World War as a child in the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. This area was heavily bombed, but fortunately, all members of my family survived the war and post-war period.
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'Game of Thrones' has multiple story lines, multiple countries, and it's complete fantasy.
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Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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To people who traditionally charge $10,000 for a 3D animating app, we say you should be free-to-play and generate a revenue stream. Think of a 3D modeling package almost like an RPG.
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I came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it is just great to see London going from Spring to Summer and Autumn.
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I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.
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As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide justice.
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We were at the dark end of the L.A. punk scene, and that scene was full-on and violent and aggressive and wild and intense.
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Japan learned from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that the tragedy wrought by nuclear weapons must never be repeated and that humanity and nuclear weapons cannot coexist.
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Most people don't know who the hell I am. But that's not really important.
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I find it embarrassing and disgusting to ask to do a part and be told I'm too pretty. How can I answer that?
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The cinema should be human and be part of people's lives; it should focus on ordinary existences in sometimes extraordinary situations and places. That is what really motivates me.
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I don't see myself as a crusading feminist filmmaker. Not at all. I have the luxury of coming from New Zealand and I've had moments in my life where being female is considered to be a tremendous advantage - emotionally, career-wise. Personally, I have nothing to prove. But I'm tremendously curious about human nature. Female life is so incredibly underexplored in cinema, so these stories feel very exotic.
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It's hard to live up to The Beatles. When Wings toured, they got slated. Even Dad found it hard living up to The Beatles. I started out playing under an alias because I wanted to start quietly.
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It's such a happiness when good people get together.
