Nothing ever happens to me, " she reflected..... An older person at such an hour and in such a place might think that sufficient was happening to him, and rest content. Lucy desired more.
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Related It's because she was such a magical person that (many people think) she couldn't die an ordinary dea... INGRID SEWARD We do not agree that she was an 'accomplished liar' - the few examples cited are, with respect, not ... HERMAN BROODRYK «Brixie wasn’t talking to him, or listening to him. Nothing like that at all. Brixie was off in h... BRUCE STERLING An incompetent person in a responsible position may cause huge damage. Such a person should act less... ERALDO BANOVAC I felt his hardness and I suddenly understood-an older girl would have understood long before-that t... PHILIPPA GREGORY So he was queer, E.M. Forster. It wasn't his middle name (that would be 'Morgan'), but it was his or... MICHAEL LEVENSON Such an ugly thing to happen in such a beautiful place. ALICE HOGAN I don't think such a thing should have happened at all. It is extremely unfortunate that such an eve... ARUN JAITLEY Seeing eye to an eye is a must, especially when there lies a case, or an intent, to meet; even by in... PRIYAVRAT THAREJA I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn't think that was part of my makeup... DAVID BOWIE I think being an Asian woman has been more of an advantage than a disadvantage. It helps me stand ou... NADIA ALI I don't think there's such a thing as an unprovoked shark attack. PETER BENCHLEY She did believe in God. And she believed that Jane was with him. And suddenly her pain and grief bec... LOUISE PENNY I never was the same person after that. (Chavez) has such an affect on you and didn't let you ever b... ALICE MORENO It's more about faith and how God speaks to you and how it happens. I don't think I've worked on a p... ANTHONY POWELL God decided that this time in history was perfect for you to glorify Him and make an eternal differe... CRAIG GROESCHEL I can only remember two books from college that moved me: E.M. Forster's 'Howards End' a... ETHAN CANIN For the rest of my life I want nothing more than to be content. To achieve such status you must firs... CALVIN WILSON A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general env... CARL ANDRE John Malkovich is such an interesting person and such a fun actor to work with. LIAM HEMSWORTH 'Pitch Perfect 2' is about the Bellas and what happens to them as they get older. All your f... BEN PLATT She is such a good teammate and she is such an asset on defense. What an unselfish player. LIZA FELDMAN Stacy had this more fluid style. You meet him, he's just such a nice guy. Tony's an awesome ... JOHN ROBINSON She hadn’t needed him to escape that place. But rather than making him angry, it only made him pro... D.B. REYNOLDS There's such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I'm such a troublesome pe... L.M. MONTGOMERY The trouble with the morning is that it always comes at such an ungodly hour DOMINIC CLEARY When a catastrophic event happens, such as the Hurricane Katrina, there is always rebuilding demand ... HITOSHI YAMAMOTO She tried to worry that something terrible had happened to him, but didn't believe it for a moment. ... DOUGLAS ADAMS I began to think that there was something awesome about my timing. How was it that, at the exact mom... MARK EPSTEIN It was an emotional night, an extraordinary moment, ... I wish Dad was there to touch and feel the s... CAL RIPKEN For the first time, she did want more. She did not know what she wanted, knew that it was dangerous ... IAIN PEARS She might be pointing to a doorway, or a person, or the sky. But such things were so common to my ey... JERRY SPINELLI She had felt a collision with him and known that she had wanted this her whole life: to crash for ju... ALI SHAW He was such an asshole, and I loved him. JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT Anne Boleyn is an intriguing character. She seems to appeal to modern-day women in a very potent way... NATALIE DORMER She was recorded ahead of the ceremony. Such a young child, it's difficult to send her (live) in suc... GIUSEPPE GATTINO I plainly felt that, had God given me such a retirement with the companion I desired, I should have ... JOHN WESLEY Lucy's Sabbath was generally of this amphibious nature. She kept it without hypocrisy in the morning... E.M. FORSTER Jill Fraser was one of the greatest forces in British theatre. She was an inspiration to all my work... EDWARD HALL She was really close to all the kids. She was in the gym on Monday. She was a great kid and such a h... DANA BRUTON When I was growing up, I wanted to be my half-sister Lucy. She was 14 years older than me and was im... EMILIA FOX Yet her experience had consisted less in a series of pure disappointments than in a series of substi... THOMAS HARDY That would be great. This has been such an awesome ride. It is really sad to think that this could a... HANNAH MARRONE I can't think of any place in Mississippi where such an example exists. ROGER WICKER She had loved him for such a long time, she thought. How was it that she did now know him at all? CASSANDRA CLARE [...] almost nothing important that ever happens to you happens because you engineer it. Destiny has... DAVID FOSTER WALLACE I believe in such cartography – to be marked by nature, not just label ourselves on a map like the... MICHAEL ONDAATJE Even if such an incident had taken place, it doesn't mean anything. Any diplomat in any mission migh... MOHAMED ATTA So when he desired to seize him who was an enemy to them both, he said: O Musa! do you intend to kil... QURAN Mummy was absolutely the rock in my life. It was not that I didn't love my father; he was such a... MIRIAM MARGOLYES Death came very easily to her. She had lived such an innocent and loving life of service to others a... WINSTON CHURCHILL Tonight was definitely an eye opener, but a reminder of how I use to be & why. Self discovery ha... APRIL MAE MONTERROSA Lucy is such a perfectionist. DESI ARNAZ Crumb was such an influence on me. He's such a visionary, such a great artist, that he so shaped... TERRY ZWIGOFF I'm bothered that some people think Lawson is a dumpy school because it's an older building in the o... BRIDGET BRASS If such an event happens, and it really is when, as opposed to if, the effects would be an absolute ... AMR ELNASHAI There is nothing that I shudder at more than the idea of a separation of the Union. Should such an e... ANDREW JACKSON Netball is an outlet - an escape from the humdrum. There's nothing gives me such a kick. Well, nothi... ANGELA FARLEY Although she was ashamed to admit it now, the darkness in him had been the largest part of his allur... J.R. WARD I really don't know if she will play tennis. That's down the road. She has had such an awesome senio... JACKIE JONES It does not, surely, require such torrents of blood to satisfy any reasonable man that nothing can b... JAMES L. PETIGRU Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other,... IMMANUEL KANT They can only spend about 20 or 30 minutes before they run into pockets of carbon monoxide. It takes... JOE ALLBAUGH 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was so important because it was such adult film-making - to see some... WES CRAVEN It's just such an honor to say that I was in something by Steven Spielberg. I feel so blessed I got ... DAKOTA FANNING I'm very at ease, and I like it. I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn... DAVID BOWIE Marianne was vexed at it for her sister's sake, and turned her eyes towards Elinor to see how she bo... JANE AUSTEN When a woman wants a man and lusts after him, the lover need not bother to conjure up opportunities,... SOURCE UNKNOWN It was an interesting dilemma and with all such dilemmas an opportunity might emerge. 'How best to t... RAYMOND E. FEIST Audiences are so much more sophisticated than they've ever been. They expect a lot more. I don... MAGGIE Q He was like nothing she’d ever known. Marcii hoped she would come to know him, for he was all... ROSS TURNER I don't say he's a great man. Willie Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the pape... ARTHUR MILLER Kara is such an intelligent girl. She was such a good presence for us inside. She really stepped up ... CANDY WILSON I used to play the piano when I was younger, and I loved Alicia Keys. I wanted to be Alicia Keys; sh... KATY B I'm a change agent trying to change the way pharmacists might have to think in such an emergency sit... WARREN WINSTON He hath a fair sepulchre in the grateful stomach of the judicious
epicure--and for such a tomb migh... CHARLES LAMB (USED PSEUDONYM ELIA) Alan Cumming is such an amazing performer and person. CARRIE PRESTON The time came in its season, and that was very soon, when I almost wondered that nothing troubled hi... CHARLES DICKENS I loved wrestling in Philly. It was such an exciting time in my life. That really helped me grow and... DANIEL BRYAN In looking at cognitive function and how it relates to drinking, I wondered how other variables, su... JENNIFER GLASS We have a situation where we try to look at practice times that might fit for guys, who might have a... FRAN DUNPHY I find an amazing resonance in his female characters, ... I marvel that he was capable of writing wo... GARRY HYNES Simple. Atlantis can't be found." He scoffed at her. " You're the second person to tell me that in l... SHERRILYN KENYON I was embarrassed that I even wanted to become an actress because coming from L.A., with two older s... ELIZABETH OLSEN They were hurt. To be ridiculed in the newspapers. My father was such an intellectual and moral pers... ISABELLA ROSSELLINI It's just such an honor to say that I was in something by Steven Spielberg. I feel so blessed I ... DAKOTA FANNING Everyone might think Lizzie's an angel, but I knew better. She was selfish, and she was going to pay... MICHELLE MADOW I think when an actress marries she should leave the stage. She cannot be happy if she is married an... BILLIE BURKE Sometimes you can fall into bad habits on film or rest on your laurels, and you can't do that in... ARI GRAYNOR Jamie started the idea when she was in high school. She seemed to befriend the exchange students. Sh... BRENDA AGNELLO It's rare that (an inquiry) involves such a high profile person. LARRY LEAKE Obviously, for Roger, I think every draw feels open to him. But, for me, there's no such thing as an... ANDY RODDICK It was just everything about him. What he wanted in life was the same for me ... It's hard to explai... JODI DIAS I think she?s going to be an All-Conference player down the road. She?s such a tough match-up. GEORGE MARTIN Only in a place like this do earth and sky come together in such a way that they bridge into one, an... LAURA PRITCHETT I grow more and more intrigued by this as I write: how words, even the most carefully chosen, can me... DAWN HAMMILL If someone had told Allie that she would commit a premeditated act of murder, she would not have bel... NEAL SHUSTERMAN Was this a betrayal, or was it an act of courage? Perhaps both. Neither one involves forethought: su... MARGARET ATWOOD He was down to earth. In 1997 I first started making contact with him. He didn't know me from Adam..... ERIC KEY I do want to find out what actually happened. Each person, when confronted with the situation, did w... CHARLES STEGER
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FORSTER By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes. E.M. FORSTER Life' wrote a friend of mine, 'is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the in... E.M. FORSTER It is fate that I am here,' George persisted, 'but you can call it Italy if it makes you less unhapp... E.M. FORSTER Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes. E.M. FORSTER Let yourself go. Pull out from the depths those thoughts that you do not understand, and spread them... E.M. FORSTER This desire to govern a woman -- it lies very deep, and men and women must fight it together.... But... E.M. FORSTER Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice. E.M. FORSTER I am an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort. E.M. FORSTER One minute. You know nothing about him. He probably has his own joys and interests- wife, children, ... E.M. FORSTER So never give in,” continued the girl, and restated again and again the vague yet convincing plea ... E.M. FORSTER He built up a situation that was far enough from the truth. It never occurred to him that Helen was ... E.M. FORSTER Don't believe those lies about intellectual people. They're only written to soothe the majority. E.M. FORSTER With the first jolt he was in daylight; they had left the gateways of King’s Cross, and were under... E.M. FORSTER It comes to this then: there always have been people like me and always will be, and generally they ... E.M. FORSTER They had never struggled, and only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love. E.M. FORSTER A happy ending was imperative. I shouldn't have bothered to write otherwise. I was determined that i... E.M. FORSTER He had a theory that musicians are incredibly complex, and know far less than other artists what the... E.M. FORSTER This solitude opressed her; she was accustomed to have her thoughts confirmed by others or, at all e... E.M. 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FORSTER Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's. E. M. FORSTER We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next. E. M. FORSTER The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in... E. M. FORSTER Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him. E. M. FORSTER Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. E. M. FORSTER Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to l... E. M. FORSTER Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism. E. M. FORSTER Love is always being given where it is not required. E. M. FORSTER The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in... E. M. FORSTER Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love. E. M. FORSTER I'm a holy man minus the holiness. E. M. FORSTER A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing ... E. M. FORSTER The idea that nations should love one another, or that business concerns or marketing boards should ... E. M. FORSTER Death destroys a man, the idea of Death saves him. E. M. FORSTER The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of an... E. M. FORSTER Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent. E. M. FORSTER Unless we remember we cannot understand. E. M. FORSTER We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the stat... E. M. FORSTER Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. E. M. FORSTER America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be inter... E. M. FORSTER There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one d... E. M. FORSTER Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who ... E. M. FORSTER Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both wil... E. M. FORSTER Towns are excrescences, gray fluxions, where men, hurrying to find one another, have lost themselves... E. M. FORSTER I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people... E. M. FORSTER Ideas are fatal to caste. E. M. FORSTER Art for art's sake? I should think so, and more so than ever at the present time. It is the one orde... E. M. FORSTER Failure or success seem to have been allotted to men by their stars. But they retain the power of wr... E. M. FORSTER As long as learning is connected with earning, as long as certain jobs can only be reached through e... E. M. FORSTER Oxford is -- Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates t... E. M. FORSTER Lord I disbelieve -- help thou my unbelief. E. M. FORSTER