Jane Austen Quotes
I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness ... Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. If I could persuade myself that my manners were perfectly easy and graceful, I should not be shy.
Quotes to Explore
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Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
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Now I've even gotten to running out to the fan buses that pass by our house, so I can talk to the people. I think I'm trying to gather fans, frankly. They're very, very nice people - they really understand. It's fun talking to them.
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Why should I marry? One marries to have children, but I already have children! My nieces and nephews are my children.
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The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse.
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Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.
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I've never chased the dollar, I've always chased the reader's heart. I love having more readers. The more people who read it, the more thrilled I am.
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Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.
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I'm curvy.
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In the end, I think part of my problem was that I was a better legislator than I was a politician.
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The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.
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Looking back, the biggest mistake I made was feeling ashamed of it. Acne is a part of life. You don't need to be embarrassed of it.
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'Life as a Dog' is when I really started to feel comfortable, like I had the due north on my compass.
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There was nothing about 'The Killing' that patronized its audience, and it was quite slow and detailed, all of the things which, for a long time, people had been nervous of making.
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I'm fulfilling my dreams that I had as a kid every single day.
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Why do you need to do a fancy cartwheel for before you hit him? It just looks stupid.
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Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance.
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The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially curious that a sculptor should be interested in working with a musician, especially on a project for radio.
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The tricky thing is music is supposed to be very mysterious; the way it's made is mysterious. Then people like to get upset with the music business.
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My father would lift me high. And dance with my mother and me and then. Spin me around til I fell asleep. Then up the stairs he would carry me and I knew for sure I was loved.
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An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
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The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly make friends with you.
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It is not the inferiority of women that has caused their historical insignificance; it is rather their historical insignificance that has doomed them to inferiority.
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I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness ... Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. If I could persuade myself that my manners were perfectly easy and graceful, I should not be shy.
