Jane Austen Quotes
I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man.Jane Austen
Quotes to Explore
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My parents have a strong work ethic, but their attitude to life, their philosophy, is: 'whatever makes you happy.'
Sally Hawkins -
Live TV would terrify anybody.
Hannah Simone -
I do a lot of speaking about energy and environment. But that's more a second job than a hobby. Hobby-wise, I love the outdoors - hiking, biking, kayaking, swimming, scuba diving. Because I spend almost all of my life in front of a screen, time in nature is especially important, I think.
Ramez Naam -
The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?
Dag Hammarskjold -
Jamestown changed the world in many ways, but perhaps it shaped our nation most profoundly the day Africans arrived. I can't think of a more relevant place to talk about the issues facing our community today than the place where African culture became American culture.
Tavis Smiley -
Marriage has made me safer.
Kate Winslet
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Whatever I do, I hope it's quality, I hope it's something that's class.
Garth Brooks -
The entire making of 'Within and Without' was a series of experiments and trial by error. When I started writing, I didn't have a strong idea of what the record was going to end up like.
Washed Out -
I don't want to over-promise and under-deliver.
Larry Hogan -
Angry or not. It's a human emotion. But you can't walk around being angry all the time. What a dull person you'd have to be!
Octavia Spencer -
I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?
Orlando Bloom -
It was a great thing to be a human being. It was something tremendous. Suddenly I'm conscious of a million sensations buzzing in me like bees in a hive. Gentlemen, it was a great thing.
Karel Capek
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I just think something about being in front of a live audience when you've finished a big dance that you've been working on for so long - I don't think anything can really beat that.
Maisie Williams -
I do not live in the world of sobriety.
Oliver Reed -
When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
Faith Hill -
Polychain is investing in blockchain assets. We do not invest in private companies or hold shares in private companies. We invest purely in tokens or digital assets, and those include assets that people are familiar with, like bitcoin and ethereum, as well as very early-stage projects.
Olaf Carlson-Wee -
A reviewer once commented that my urban fantasy novels were paced more like epic fantasy, in that they relied on complex world-building and a gradual immersion in the lives of the characters.
Laura Anne Gilman -
No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.
Nancy Johnson
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Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.
Damian Lewis -
I'm not an enormous proponent of plot as a reader. It's about other things; my reading has become specialized over the years.
Patrick deWitt -
Every faculty and virtue I possess can be used as an instrument with which to worry myself.
Hale White -
So deeply is the gardener's instinct implanted in my soul, I really love the tools with which I work; the iron fork, the spade, the hoe, the rake, the trowel, and the watering pot are pleasant objects in my eyes.
Celia Thaxter -
When you're young you don't think, 'This person is going to change your life.' But when you start recording your own songs, it comes back and reminds you.
Fefe Dobson -
I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man.
Jane Austen