Jane Austen Quotes

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.

Jane Austen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 16, 1775 - July 18, 1817

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But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a right. But I soon figured out that three left turns do.

Jim Hightower

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I'm happy for the success that I've had, but I've worked so hard at it.

Jenni Rivera

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I subscribe to no religion. But I believe that in the creation of art, there can be moments of God.

Andrea Riseborough

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Many ALS patients end up fading away quietly and dying. For me, this was not OK. I did not want to fade away quietly.

Steve Gleason

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In refugee camps around the world, I met people who were gone. They were still walking around but had lost so much that they were unable to claim any sort of identity. Others I met found who they truly were, and they generally found it through service to others. They became teachers when there was no school, books or pencils.

Deborah Ellis

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I'm always watching old episodes of 'The Golden Girls' or 'The Simpsons.'

Colman Domingo

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Having spent almost 25 years in different roles within Investor, I have truly enjoyed working with creating long-term value in our companies.

Borje Ekholm

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I've been in a lot of elections.

Arlen Specter

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I was a very self-righteous 15-25 year old. Anyway, I wake up every morning and thank God I'm not a kid anymore.

Annie Baker

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You have a physical human reaction to something that another human being made. When you remove the human from it, and you chop it up, make it all perfect, you have a different reaction. Something is not there. You can feel it when it's there.

Alison Mosshart

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I have spent a lifetime trying to share what it has meant to be a woman first in the world of sports so that other young women have a chance to reach their dreams.

Wilma Rudolph

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All I am is a writer and a mom.

Susan Straight

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