Jane Austen Quotes
Devereux Forester's being ruined by his vanity is extremely good, but I wish you would not let him plunge into a 'vortex of dissipation.' I do not object to the thing, but I cannot bear the expression; it is such thorough novel slang, and so old that I daresay Adam met with it in the first novel he opened.
Quotes to Explore
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it. Life is about moving on.
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We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.
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I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.
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Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting.
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I'm very intelligent. I'm capable of doing everything put to me. I've launched a perfume and want my own hotel chain. I'm living proof blondes are not stupid.
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If I have to draw attention away from some hormone-induced acne on my chin, I put on a lot of mascara.
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.
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Playing live, you can't survive, certainly not in England. We used to work daytime jobs and play gigs at night. It was very exhausting.
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Leadership - mobilization toward a common goal.
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People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.
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I'm not trying to set the world on fire; I just want to make really beautiful clothes that women want to wear, can afford, and can really see themselves in.
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My music, certainly, has never embarrassed me.
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The worship of youth has diminished - perhaps generally - in recent years.
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I really love it in Belfast. I always stay in the most bombed hotel, the Europa!
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The word music is a convenient way to talk about what I'm interested in, but actually, in some ways, it's a limitation.
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For me, if something fits properly, it makes me feel good.
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I wish I could spend more time in Africa. I have this intense sense of complete relaxation and normality here.
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No news is good news.
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'Nothing to lose' means I can go out there and try to play like I'm playing, without pressure, without nothing.
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Devereux Forester's being ruined by his vanity is extremely good, but I wish you would not let him plunge into a 'vortex of dissipation.' I do not object to the thing, but I cannot bear the expression; it is such thorough novel slang, and so old that I daresay Adam met with it in the first novel he opened.
