Jane Austen Quotes
'I am afraid', replied Elinor, 'that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.'
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It is not true that I dictate what should be done. There is a dialogue.
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The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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John Mayer and Jack Johnson are two of my all-time favorites. I love Colbie Caillat and really cool, beach-y, guitar, acoustic type music.
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I'm quite interested in my own mental processes, simply because I'm a failed scientist, and because I'm interested in how the brain and the mind works, and I like to avoid easy descriptions.
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Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.
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Man, I have had so much plastic surgery, I don't even recognize myself, sometimes. If I catch a glimpse in a window or something, I think it is someone else.
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At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it.
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I grew up learning from a father who said, 'When you make a mistake or you make a bad decision, you man up and take responsibility.'
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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They're trying to kill me before I'm dead. I come to Quebec to spend some time with my family and they say I'm dead.
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You never know what's going to play into what's worthy of getting encapsulated into a song.
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In most languages, 'control' is the first synonym for the word 'manage.' Control is about spotting and correcting deviations from pre-defined standards; thus to control, one must first constrain.
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When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I'd generate ideas for songs that would turn into stories, then they'd turn into novels. I was biased toward music.
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I'd say, for my freshman year in college, I was doing everything in my power to hide the fact that I had ever had any association with the Paul Green School of Rock Music because it was like this bruise. It was such a sore subject.
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I consider myself more exportant than important.
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I had a productive day, without the distraction of conversation.
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I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that's kept me in line. Really in line.
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I'm a big fan of unflinching drama and bold drama. If you shy away from dark subject matters, there's only certain places for TV drama to go. If there are shows that can break through that and be brave, those are the shows that I personally enjoy watching. I try and do work that I would watch.
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But the truth is that L.A. was never entirely real anyway, as Steely Dan, Randy Newman, Warren Zevon, Larry David and Alan Ball all understood.
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I think the experience over the past thousand years is that ideology is poisonous. . . . The world seen through the lens of ideology is a very limited world.
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'I am afraid', replied Elinor, 'that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.'
