Djuna Barnes Quotes

We are beginning to wonder whether a servant girl hasn't the best of it after all. She knows how the salad tastes without the dressing, and she knows how life's lived before it gets to the parlor door.

Djuna Barnes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 12, 1892 - June 18, 1982

Topics

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Women rule men's lives - every decision a man makes is based on a woman.

Jessica Stroup

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I did a history degree once.

Joe Thomas

HistoryDegreeDidOnce

If you took away all pain, if everyone lived forever, everything would be bland, flat and boring; there would be no reason for art, music, newspapers, love because we would all be in a mono state of happiness.

Matt Haig

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One of the key things I did to stay on my diet is I never allowed myself to get hungry. As soon as I got hungry, I'd eat healthy foods.

Stephen Furst

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I'm kind of a boring person. People think I get to travel the world and I rap or whatever, but I'm pretty boring. My life is pretty crazy enough, and when I'm not on the road or doing something, I'm kind of boring.

Trip Lee

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Colonel Parker asked Henry and me to come to Elvis' suite and have breakfast. There were at least five policemen stationed up there. He was talking on the telephone.

Minnie Pearl

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I like to have a great vibe wherever I am creating. I like to have movies playing on mute - just eye candy - maybe a friend in the room, maybe a lovely young lady, someone you can use as a muse, who can give you inspiration by her essence.

Luke James

FriendGreatI AmEyeSomeoneYou

Make acting seem real and as if it weren't acting. Just make it real.

Joseph Mazzello

ActingRealSeemMakeJustWere

I played sports because I think it's mandatory in the greater Boston area regardless of your aptitude. It's like, well, what else would you be doing?

Josh Gondelman

SportsThinkDoingYouBostonWell

A lot of times, people are simply interested in seeing me because I was on television.

Chris March

PeopleMeSeeingTelevisionBecause

I will not rest until seniors get the cost-of-living adjustments they have earned and we lower the cost of prescription drugs.

Conner Eldridge

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I'm a big kid, I'm a kid at heart, so I still love the classic family films, such as the great Warner Bros film 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' - not the remake, but the original. It's still one of the best movies, hands down, ever made, and of course that goes back to the ingenuity of the characters and the storyline.

Corey Feldman

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