Jane Austen Quotes
A mother would have been always present. A mother would have been a constant friend; her influence would have been beyond all other.
Quotes to Explore
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My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work.
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The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
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I have a baby that is 21 months old, and I watch Disney Junior with him. A lot of those shows are about pirates. Even the T-shirts and pajamas I buy for him have pirate themes like, 'Aye-aye, argh and mate.' But, I definitely grew up watching pirates.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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I know career motivation and encouragement up the ladder of success have their place in the world. But I don't want them anywhere near my spirituality.
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I'm very happy in my life, but I do feel that music has a power to transport you to places or to beautiful moments in your past.
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I love gardening, and I love cooking. I love things like that. I love creating things.
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I don't usually wear a lot of makeup because I tend to like a natural look.
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If you realize you aren't so wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you're wiser today.
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Since I've had a son, I want to be around to see him grow up.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.
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But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.
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The troops aren't red and blue. They're not black and white. They're not male and female. They are Americans! When they put their uniforms on, they are Americans. And that's a fact.
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Many of my constituents are in their 80s, 90s, even 100, and our focus is ensuring that their needs can be provided for.
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It's still amazing, but when I was growing up, Harlem was the Mecca of black culture. I was so inspired by it, the aspirational feeling you'd get spending time there. Experiences that were really specific to that place.
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To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
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I believe in the importance of individuality, but in the midst of grief I also find myself wanting connection - wanting to be reminded that the sadness I feel is not just mine but ours.
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Sometimes I wore a fringe so deep it obscured the way ahead. This hardly mattered. There were always others to look where I was going.
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I do actually sing; I love to sing.
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I performed and sang at school but as a child it was never anything I was interested in doing professionally.
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I didn't have much, but I was always happy to share what I did have. It seemed like every African that came to New York City would show up at my apartment door at dinnertime, and I couldn't turn them away. I wasn't much older than any of them, but they started calling me 'Mama Africa' and the name stuck.
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A mother would have been always present. A mother would have been a constant friend; her influence would have been beyond all other.
