Jane Austen Quotes
We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead.
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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Everyone thinks their family is the craziest family in the world. Like, 'My God, my family's crazy!'
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It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment.
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What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.
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Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced.
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When I approach guys in certain situations and talk to them about Christ, they know that I'm speaking to them in a way that's real.
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I didn't know what to expect, having not been an artist before. From the outside, you only see romantic snapshots of what seems like a great lifestyle, and it is, but it's also grueling.
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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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I didn't want there to be a computer on stage. When I see people with computers on stage, I think, 'Are you sending e-mail?' That's so corny.
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Nashville is my home, and the reason why I get to do what I love.
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My music is a personal thing, and I feel like if I talk too much about the songs, or if there's too much of my personal life out there, it ruins it.
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I know that God has had my back, even when I was screwing up.
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At the end of October 4 in 1957, when I was coming back from sea duty in the South Pacific, Sputnik went up. I realized that humans would be right behind robot aircraft or spacecraft even though I really had no plans of being in aviation or a professional aviator and certainly not in the military.
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India has large proven reserves of gas that remain unexploited.
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I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.
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Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does.
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My dance teacher will show me pictures of girls who are rhythmic gymnasts, and they are super skinny. But I don't want to be too skinny. I think that looks a little gross when you are dancing. You don't want to be a scrawny, bony thing.
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Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949, he had tons and tons of gold. When Bill Gates was a college dropout, Ferdinand already possessed billions of dollars and tons of gold. It wasn't stolen.
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If you haven't failed, you haven't tried very hard.
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A mother's got to be there to raise the children. That's all there is to it. I feel badly for those mothers who work hard, and can't do it all the time.
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The devil shall have his bargain; for he was never yet a breaker of proverbs--he will give the devil his due.
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I don't know why Sinclair Lewis fell in love with me. He didn't get even the slightest response from me. But his letters were lovely. And the poems he wrote me were lovely. I used some of them in my book.
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Maybe this was how you stayed sane in wartime: a handful of noble deeds amid the chaos.
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We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead.
