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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Quotes

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: austrian
Birth: September 13, 1830 - March 12, 1916

Topics

Man Rich Poverty Wealth Wishes Poor

If you were there behind every family's closed doors, everyone's a little wacko. Chances are that your family is no weirder than the next family or than the other girl at school's family. Everyone can be quirky at times, and I embrace that, personally.

Meaghan Jette Martin

Family Girl School Doors You Quirky

I wandered along to the chemistry labs, more or less on the rebound, and asked about becoming a research student. It was the '60s, a time of university expansion: the doors were open, and a 2:1 was good enough to get me in.

Good Time Me Research Doors Enough

As a child, I was lucky enough to spend each summer with my grandmother.

Stephanie Coontz

Child Enough Summer Grandmother Each

Music has a way of getting under your skin.

Roscoe Mitchell

Music Skin Way Your Getting

Playing to a stadium is not for everyone because you are essentially gambling, big-time. You have to go all in on production. You can't hold back.

Gambling You Back Go Everyone Hold

Anyway, in my writing I've always been interested in finding places to stand, and I've found it very useful to have a direct experience of what I'm writing about.

Experience Writing Stand Finding

I am most grateful for having bad eyesight, which prevented me from becoming a commercial pilot and instead, led me to having the best job in the world - representing the people of California's 47th Congressional District.

Loretta Sanchez

Best Grateful Job I Am People World

I'm oddly not competitive. What I love about show business is there is a home for everyone.

Love Home Business Everyone Show

Room service is nice. Ooh-la-la, a hotel. At home, it's laundry and school lunches.

Dolores O'Riordan

Home Service School Hotel Nice Room

It was so much fun to work with the cast on 'School of Rock'. I was a little nervous because it was my first acting gig, but it was such a great experience.

Work Great Experience School Fun

If we are going to do big things in our country, we're going to have to think about better ways working across our differences.

Think Better Differences Country Big

Many of the factors that we think will cause motivation, such as fair pay and a good manager, won't make you love your job. Even if you eliminate what makes you dissatisfied, that doesn't make you motivated. It doesn't make your work rewarding. You just are less bothered by things.

Clayton M. Christensen

Work Love Good Job Think Motivation

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