I would rather have young people settle on a small income at once, and have to struggle with a few difficulties together, than be involved in a long engagement.
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Related Young men and young women meet each other with much less difficulty than was formerly the case, and ... BERTRAND RUSSELL Maybe that's what praying is all about. Maybe it's not just asking God to forgive us for bad things ... SARAH DARER LITTMAN I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We... MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. If we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love, and behave ... MITCH ALBOM By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes. E.M. FORSTER I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen. J. K. ROWLING How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS I would seriously rather be in a long line at the DMV than eat with people I don't know. ANNE LAMOTT We each have a special something we can get only at a special time of our life. like a small flame. ... HARUKI MURAKAMI I'm a Jane Austen/Jane Eyre kind of girl. MAGGIE GRACE Without a determined constituency pressuring for engagement in international affairs, it would be li... ALLEN HERTZKE Without a determined constituency pressuring for engagement in international affairs, it would be li... ALLEN HERTZKE Without a determined constituency pressuring for engagement in international affairs, it would be li... ALLEN HERTZKE How I wish I lived in a Jane Austen novel! DODIE SMITH You can tell young actors it's going to be very difficult, but there's no way you can unders... HOLLY HUNTER A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE We wanted to work in conjunction with the community rather than on the community. We defined our bro... TERRY CHRISTENSEN People themselves makes a lots of mistakes and still loves himself,
and they never forget a single m... OM BENIWAL You can not change what happened or bring back the past. But you can change the future by being stro... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a little puppy dog. DAVY CROCKETT Unsubscribe from should-a, would-a, could-a MICHAEL H. DANSBURY I believe that the most important thing for a couple of any sort, to realize in their relationship w... C. JOYBELL C. I'm quite jealous of my Scottish relations, in whose culture everyone, in a Jane Austen kind of ... HUGH GRANT I remember when I was trying to do 'Metropolitan,' in breaks I would read a page of two of J... WHIT STILLMAN blackmagic on a person
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blackmagic on a pe... ASTRODOST Hugh and I have been together for so long that in order to arouse extraordinary passion, we need to ... DAVID SEDARIS Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right. GRATEFUL DEAD I always advise children who ask me for tips on being a writer to read as much as they possibly can.... J.K. ROWLING People that don't know what they are worth will always see their capture's wings, but never their ta... SHANNON L. ALDER After Rilke's Letters -- by John VanDyke Wilmerding II this is my letter to a young ... RAINER MARIA RILKE In other words, all I want to be is the Jane Austen of south Alabama HARPER LEE I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. HENRY DAVID THOREAU I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. HENRY DAVID THOREAU I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion HENRY DAVID THOREAU If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would ... MICHAEL BLOOMBERG Focus on doing small things consistently rather than a big thing once a while DHAVAL GAJERA I always say that the characters in Jane Austen's original books are rather like zombies because... SETH GRAHAME-SMITH Words change over time. 'Condescending,' for instance, was once a good thing to be. It meant... NANCY KRESS I'm a thinker. That is what I do, in great depth and detail, every waking moment of the day. I like ... BRIAN HERBERT Unification of differences is power. SHESH NATH VERNWAL People live for eating,but
I eat for survive OM BENIWAL Shine brightly, so you can help those who have not found their path a way through the darkness. JEFFREY FRY The second death. To think that you died and no one would remember you. I wondered if this was why w... MITCH ALBOM Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said: I am not commanding you, but I ... NICHOLAS SPARKS To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. NICHOLAS SPARKS As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... NICHOLAS SPARKS You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on... HARPER LEE You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. HARPER LEE You only need to look at Jane Austen to see how crossed wires can become a defining aspect of romant... MARIELLA FROSTRUP My generation took on political equality. I believe young people, who have graduated into a poor eco... ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON Daring to dream is not difficult, it's making them come true that is hard... NANETTE L. AVERY Beaming into the thick of a tree without becoming a lifelong tree hugger was a tricky business. A pr... CHRISTINA ENGELA Without a determined constituency pressuring for engagement in international affairs, it would be li... ALLEN HERTZKE I tell stories. I kind of stumbled on that by trying to combine Jane Austen and magic. SUSANNA CLARKE It's a different thing to write a love story now than in the time of Jane Austen, Eliot, or Tols... MONA SIMPSON It used to be that spending more than 30 percent of your income on housing costs was a major cost bu... BRUCE NISSEN He pressed a kiss to her forehead. “Ye be a sight for sore eyes, lass,” he told her. “But we�... SUZAN TISDALE I would rather be first in a small village in Gaul than second in command in Rome JULIUS CAESAR People go on about places like Starbucks being unpersonal and all that, but what if that's what you ... NICK HORNBY We want to be cognizant that an investor with a long time horizon and a high tolerance for risk woul... DENNIS SHEA I would rather have a small part in a really great movie than a big one in one that I'm not too ... KRISTEN WIIG Such a government would have a huge majority in the lower house and should face few difficulties get... KLAUS BAADER I think Jane Austen builds suspense well in a couple of places, but she squanders it, and she gets t... VAL MCDERMID Imagine life as a game, a game that is filled with obstacles and hazards to overcome but sometimes y... GARY F EVANS... One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE I grew up in a small, strictly-Catholic fishing village on the coast of Wales. The people there have... CATHERINE ZETA-JONES Jane Austen easily used half a page describing someone else's eyes; she would not appreciate summari... TRACY CHEVALIER When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing w... A.A. MILNE Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and s... CARTER CROCKER In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have... DALEY THOMPSON I enjoy nothing more than spending time with my loved ones, young and old, and at least once a year ... ELLIOTT ERWITT To be honest, I didn't really understand how involved putting a fragrance together could be - or... FAITH HILL Without someone speaking into your life and keeping you on track with the things you believe, you ha... CRAIG GROESCHEL I would rather be at Reggae Sunsplash, which happens once a year, than doing some horrible Brady Bun... SUSAN OLSEN I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining... A. N. WILSON I've been fortunate in that I never actually read any Jane Austen until I was thirty, thus spari... CATHLEEN SCHINE I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table. A. N. WILSON Some people would rather have a lie that makes them smile than a truth that makes them cry. I'm ... JOYCE GIRAUD I have a dream to provide every Chinese, especially children, sufficient milk each day. WEN JIABAO I have a dream that America will pray and God will forgive us our sins. ALVEDA KING I would rather have one minute at this age than a month at 21. WILLIAM M. HOLDEN Oscar Wilde was sort of my first love as a young reader. And then I went on to love Jane Austen'... WHIT STILLMAN By the time most people file for bankruptcy, their credit is already trashed, they have a high debt-... JEAN CHATZKY You can BE, DO, and HAVE ...absolutely ANYTHING you really, really want to BE, DO, and HAVE. LORRIN L. LEE 'Pride and Prejudice' - perhaps more than any other Jane Austen book - is engrained in our l... SETH GRAHAME-SMITH When a lot of voices, make up a noise, the man who is silent represents a voice. APURVA GAGLANI I have never been satisfied with a piece of work I have been actively involved in, and would never w... FREI OTTO In the long run, things will settle down. People do have to be persistent. DAN LYONS I remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and Jane Austen i... ANNE STEVENSON I actually didn't like Jane Austen. I was more into the Brontes. They were so wild and passionat... FRANCES O'CONNOR Obedience is bondage, if God wants to be adored he should make himself more loving. LAURA WHITCOMB If thinking is your fate, revere this fate with divine honour and sacrifice to it the best, the most... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Life is a divine blessing for those who live life to add values in the lives of others. SEEMA BRAIN OPENERS Together we have travelled a long road to be where we are today. This has been a road of struggle ag... THABO MBEKI Together we have travelled a long road to be where we are today. This has been a road of struggle ag... THABO MVUYELWA MBEKI If I tried to make money for a Jane Austen movie, I'd get laughed out of the office. GEORGE A. ROMERO I'd rather be a kid and play with paper planes, than be a man and play with a woman's heart. NIALL HORAN You must have traveled all night,” she heard herself say. “I had to come back early.” Sh... LISA KLEYPAS Men seek rest in a struggle against difficulties; and when they have conquered these, rest becomes i... BLAISE PASCAL
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JANE AUSTEN In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the se... JANE AUSTEN There is hardly any personal defect which an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile one to. JANE AUSTEN We certainly do not forget you as soon as you forget us. It is, perhaps, our fate rather than our me... JANE AUSTEN I hate to hear you talking so like a fine gentleman, and as if women were all fine ladies, instead o... JANE AUSTEN When any two young people take it into their heads to marry, they are pretty sure by perseverance to... JANE AUSTEN The only time I ever really suffered in body or mind, the only time that I ever fancied myself unwel... JANE AUSTEN Knowing their feelings as she did, it was a most attractive picture of happiness to her. She always ... JANE AUSTEN It has sunk him, I cannot say how much it has sunk him in my opinion. So unlike what a man should be... JANE AUSTEN It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be i... JANE AUSTEN An agreeable manner may set off handsome features, but can never alter plain ones. JANE AUSTEN She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they sho... JANE AUSTEN One cannot fix one's eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fa... JANE AUSTEN I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. As a child I was taug... JANE AUSTEN The distance is nothing when one has a motive. JANE AUSTEN Her heart did whisper that he had done it for her. JANE AUSTEN A girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then. It is something to think of JANE AUSTEN My good opinion once lost is lost forever. JANE AUSTEN Till this moment I never knew myself. JANE AUSTEN He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman's daughter. So far we are equal. JANE AUSTEN An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your... JANE AUSTEN From the very beginning— from the first moment, I may almost say— of my acquaintance with you, y... JANE AUSTEN To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love JANE AUSTEN You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell m... JANE AUSTEN I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with ... JANE AUSTEN I have not the pleasure of understanding you. JANE AUSTEN I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve. JANE AUSTEN There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the... JANE AUSTEN Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste it's fragrance on the desert air. 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JANE AUSTEN Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition. JANE AUSTEN It's been many years since I had such an exemplary vegetable. JANE AUSTEN I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself. JANE AUSTEN My dear, dear aunt,' she rapturously cried, what delight! what felicity! You give me fresh life and ... JANE AUSTEN One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it JANE AUSTEN But above all, above respect and esteem, there was a motive within her of good will which could not ... JANE AUSTEN Aunque me dieras cuarenta hombres como él, nunca sería tan feliz como tú. Mientras no posea tu bu... JANE AUSTEN It was gratitude; gratitude, not merely for having once loved her, but for loving her still well eno... JANE AUSTEN You may ask questions which I shall not choose to answer. JANE AUSTEN It's a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in... 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