Jane Austen Quotes
But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way.
Quotes to Explore
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We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
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Disciples of Keynes, who focus on aggregate demand, view any increase in household wealth as raising employment because they say it adds to consumer demand.
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It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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I don't write about my life in my column.
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I tried theatre. I played Miss Hannigan for a short run of Annie at a regional theatre. That was fun. I enjoyed it! I enjoy theatre and have so much respect for theatre actors.
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I was shot when I think it was number one. That was the catalyst for the interest in the show. Certainly it went on for a long time after that but that's what really kicked it off. Of course a lot of people watched it just because of the novelty of the situation.
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My goal in life was to pursue the good life.
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Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people.
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The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.
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Marriage is traditionally old-school in many respects. It is highly antiquated, and, that being said, beautiful.
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Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.
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Why do people stay in relationships that are tough from almost the very beginning?
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The simple idiot's advice I give to screenwriters who say they want to sell a screenplay is, 'Write good.'
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I love fashion. I always have. When I was a kid, I was in almost full-on costumes when I went to school, and I've retained a bit of that in my adulthood.
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One thing I'm not going to do is chase staying alive. You spend so much time chasing staying alive, you won't live.
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Sometimes you have to look reality in the eye, and deny it.
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Being beautiful isn't everything... Sometimes it's interesting to show how you feel on the inside on the outside, just through expressing yourself.
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Harcourt sent my book to Evelyn Waugh and his comment was: “If this is really the unaided work of a young lady, it is a remarkable product.” My mother was vastly insulted. She put the emphasis on if and lady. Does he suppose you’re not a lady? she says.
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The sentiment of national honor is never more than half extinguished in the French. It takes only a spark to re-kindle it.
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I'm in a glass case of emotion
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I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.
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But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way.
