Jane Austen Quotes
She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
Quotes to Explore
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They don't call it the Internet anymore, they call it cloud computing. I'm no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
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I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.
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It was always my dream to be part of MTV and make history.
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I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.
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I'm not really into weight training.
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The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
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Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.
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I'm just abnormal. I'm a weird dude.
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Sometimes I wish I was more comfortable just saying what I thought and getting my point across.
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When you have balance in your life, work becomes an entirely different experience. There is a passion that moves you to a whole new level of fulfillment and gratitude, and that's when you can do your best... for yourself and for others.
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I reached a point where I'd watched enough directors do the job that I felt I understood it. And it's not that I'm a slow learner and it took me this long; I also was enjoying writing, and I still enjoy writing - I get tremendous satisfaction out of the writing end of it.
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I spent a huge amount of time by myself. I daydreamed and learned how to be alone and not be lonely.
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Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.
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Some people think Hollywood is shallow. I find that it's home.
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As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.
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They say you can do honest, sincere work for decades, but you're given in general a 10-year period when what you do touches the zeitgeist - when you're relevant. And I'm aware of that, and I don't want my time to go by.
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She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
