Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes
Merkmal großer Menschen ist, daß sie an andere weit geringere Anforderungen stellen als an sich selbst.
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Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
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Britain's passion for Christmas and huge white weddings dates from Victorian times - both were low-key celebrations before Victoria and her PR machine.
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Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
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Ambition is important. Of course you can't get anywhere without talent, but there are a lot of talented people. To succeed, you have to be the most ambitious talented person.
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I hadn't worked for a couple of years so I thought it would be nice to earn some money and pay the bills.
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I don't have to be making a lot of money or living in a fancy house.
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Writing is immensely difficult. The short forms especially.
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The paradox of endurance sports is that an athlete can never work as hard as he wants, because if he pushes himself too far, his hematocrit will fall.
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After 'The Empire Strikes Back,' I got to make big films that I didn't care about, 'Never Say Never Again' and 'RoboCop 2,' and then I got too old.
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I tell people, if you really want me to look that good, why don't you cough up about $2 million more and hire Alec or Billy? If you want me to do it, this is what you get.
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I want to see America set the example to the world both in our domestic and foreign relations of magnanimity.
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I've never loved you enough to trust you, we just met and I just fucked you!
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«I work a day 12 hours 40 minutes.»
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The Thought and Deed of Deity Are of such richness and extent That It remaineth to Itself An Undiscovered Continent.
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'Service, and the learning that goes with it, fosters citizenship, knowledge, and personal development in everyone, young and old, with disabilities and without. Our partnership with Youth Service America will bring awareness to the fact that youth with disabilities are great assets and can serve as volunteers too.'-U.S. Newswire
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'That makes no sense,' I said.'This is the Victorian era,' she said. 'Women didn’t have to make sense.'
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Today it is generally accepted that although the earliest humans probably ate some meat, it was unlikely to have played a major role in their diet. Plants would have been a much more important source of food.
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Protection is not a principle, but an expedient.
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The corporate woman has been defined as the 'liberated woman' and I see that as the exact opposite. I think she now is more enslaved, maybe even more than the housewife was; because she's so out of her power, and imitating male power is not female power.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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People don't really talk about falling in love anymore. And yet falling in love is the great engine that drives all the best art - or falling out of love or being heartbroken - drives all the best books, drives all the best music, and yet we've sort of stopped talking about it.
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People who know how much they're worth aren't usually worth that much.
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Merkmal großer Menschen ist, daß sie an andere weit geringere Anforderungen stellen als an sich selbst.
