Jane Austen Quotes
At my time of life opinions are tolerably fixed. It is not likely that I should now see or hear anything to change them.
Quotes to Explore
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I look at 'Death Proof' and realize I had too much time.
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I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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The Internet allows the small guy a global marketplace. But technology is harmful in the sense that we get too much information from it. Because of the web we get 10 times the amount of noise we ever got, which makes harmful fallacies far more likely.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I think the films we see, the Hollywood films, which are basically entertainment, will still be there, but they'll be in a totally different category. People won't take them seriously. They'll kind of end up the way comic books have. A side view of things.
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Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.
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Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. But they can't be let off so easily, for they are all farming by proxy.
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Back in the '70s - I remember the '70s: we were told there was global cooling. And everyone was told global cooling was a really big problem. And then that faded.
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The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.
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I'm like an old vampire, so it's important to talk to young people.
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The biggest part of Loopt is about discovering the world around you, never replacing a social experience - only adding to it.
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From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.
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Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.
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As a young girl I think I wanted to be a horse woman. I loved horses.
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I've worked with David Lynch since I was 17, and working with him is home and family; being around Alexander Payne is home and family, Jonathan Demme. There are directors... Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson... They are directors where I create homes.
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I like the MAC Face and Body foundation. Sometimes it can't cover all my flaws, but I like it because it looks really natural and it evens out my skin tone.
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As long as we set up equality, we'll go in the right direction.
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The age of the rock star was coterminous with rock n' roll, which, in spite of all the promises made in some memorable songs, proved to be as finite as the era of ragtime or big bands. The rock era is over. We now live in a hip-hop world.
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I'm very impatient, so I was like, 'I want to be able to do whatever I want now.' But even the biggest stars - you look back and they weren't overnight.
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I always had a curiosity about Texas. I had a curiosity about small-town life, although, granted, Odessa's not a tiny town.
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How do I feel when I am invited to a congregation of scientists? I feel quite at home. When they break into their cultic scientific argot, I know when I'm not wanted and step out for a drink.
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At my time of life opinions are tolerably fixed. It is not likely that I should now see or hear anything to change them.
