Jane Austen Quotes

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. It is something to think of, and gives her a sort of distinction among her companions...

Jane Austen

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• I wouldn't be where I am without Evolve.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
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• The reasons asthma doesn't affect my work or play is that I had accurate diagnostics and follow treatment regimens closely. It's when someone thinks they're fine and that they don't need help that they usually get in trouble.

  

  Gary Valentine
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• The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'

  

  Katee Sackhoff
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• Acting is in your soul.

  

  LaTanya Richardson
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• The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.

  

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• I have so much drive and passion for this industry and the creative arts, and I want other kids to have that kind of drive, and to have a fire in their belly for whatever industry that they want to get into.

  

  Dacre Montgomery
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• I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.

  

  A. Whitney Brown
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• When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • Thinking
  • Women
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• Words aren't very good at describing complicated, strange visual things. You can try, and the reader will have some sort of image in their mind, but words aren't good at that.

  

  Yann Martel
  • Good
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• What's surprised me most about the demands of blogging - the relentlessness of it. 24-hour news cycle, every media imaginable right here in New York, totally fair game.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • Game
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• Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.

  

  Vincent D'Onofrio
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  • Same
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• Children who have an education grow up to lead healthier lives - earn higher income, take better care of their families, contribute to their economies.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • Up
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  • Education

• Of all the labels and tags and epithets people have forced upon me, there's one I don't dislike. I get called the 'enfant terrible.' In every article, it's always there. So I have to give that a meaning.

  

  Xavier Dolan
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• However, as our brave men and women continue to return from the battlefields of the War on Terror, Congress must respond by enacting policies that meet the evolving needs of the veterans community.

  

  Randy Neugebauer
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• People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.

  

  Laura Osnes
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  • Story
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• The cat is classic whilst the dog is Gothic - nowhere in the animal world can we discover such really Hellenic perfection of form, with anatomy adapted to function, as in the felidae.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
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  • Animal
  • Dog

• It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.

  

  Quavo Migos
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• There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Women
  • Two
  • Only

• If you want to get a deal, negotiate with the teams yourself. Say, "I want this much, and no less, but I'll show up to camp on time." It doesn't seem that hard to me.

  

  Lou Holtz
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• We hope to make some progress as they day goes on. Obviously we want to get up to full strength as soon as possible.

  

  John Whiting
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• Maybe you are homophobic a little bit, but then you see me, and you've always loved me, and you love the way I play, and your kids love me. And then you're like, 'Oh, that's OK. It's fine.' Once it gets a little bit more personal, it helps break down those barriers.

  

  Megan Rapinoe
  • Kids

• A young Brit girl with no theatre experience decided to take on an iconic American role on Broadway. Maybe I should have thought that through?

  

  Emilia Clarke
  • Experience
  • American
  • Girl

• Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. It is something to think of, and gives her a sort of distinction among her companions...

  

  Jane Austen
  • Love
  • Girl
  • Married