Jane Austen Quotes
Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.Jane Austen
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not a great fiction reader. I love history. I love history and philosophy.
Eddie Marsan -
Drawing is not only a way to come up with pictures: drawing is a way to educate your eye to understand visual information, organizing it into a more hierarchical way, a more economical way. When you see something, if you draw often and frequently, you examine a room very differently.
Vik Muniz -
I keep returning to the central question facing over-50 women as we move into our Second Adulthood. What are our goals for this stage in our lives?
Gail Sheehy -
My parents would definitely be my childhood heroes.
J. J. Watt -
I have a strong upper body; I'm an arms swimmer, and I always have been.
Natalie du Toit -
It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility and status as an actor, but commercial cinema has given me a comfortable living.
Om Puri
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I don't know what I want to do. There are people who want me to do things. There's a possible book. There are lots of things to consider. I just have to figure out what I want to do. I'm not one to sit around and do nothing.
Valerie Simpson -
I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.
Sam Neill -
Part of America's greatness is its willingness to care for those who are truly in need. But those who defraud the system take money and resources away not only from American taxpayers but also from those who truly need help.
Gary Bauer -
The formula for achieving middle-class success is simple: Finish high school; don't have a child before the age of 20; and get married before having the child.
Larry Elder -
We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
Rand Paul -
I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.
Vicki Lawrence
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I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.
Taylor Swift -
When I went to the 'Rush' audition, I was blown away by the script. I thought it was fantastic.
Daniel Bruhl -
I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
Bayard Rustin -
Apparently, Daniel Craig said I'd be a great Bond. Daniel, why did you say that? Dropped me right in it! What an honor it would be, but also, what an indication of change.
Idris Elba -
The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Oliver Tambo -
The truth is, I have more money than I'm interested in spending. Everyone in my family is taken care of.
Sam Simon
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Before the Greeks were the Tamils. The Tamils are one of the oldest civilizations that's still surviving.
M.I.A. -
Around 2005, the Canadian army tapped me to do a dramatization for a series of foresight workshops they'd done. They had stacks of papers and needed it boiled down to something simple enough for a 4-star general to understand. We decided to do it as a story. That's how I created 'Crisis in Zefra.'
Karl Schroeder -
Originally, I thought the story of the Alamo was all these men defending their liberty when they could have left, knowing they were going to die. That's without a doubt what appealed to me, the romance and the nobility. But, as in life, the more you dig the more you find out that things weren't quite like that.
Phil Collins Genesis -
When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.
Candice Patton -
I love looking through magazines, and you know, I love getting dressed up to go to events and stuff.
Mandy Moore -
Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.
Jane Austen