Jane Austen Quotes

Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. It is not fair. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be taking the bread out of the mouths of other people.

Jane Austen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodBusinessPeopleEnoughProfit

I don't come down on any simple place as a deletionist or a completionist.

Jimmy Wales

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We did eight gigs in super-stadiums, all the biggest joints - L.A. Coliseum, Oakland Coliseum, Shea Stadium.

Joe Strummer

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Although it sounds cliche, the main thing I want to do is touch people with what I do. I want everything I do to be meaningful, and I want it to be about more than just myself, or the money.

Sophie Lowe

MyselfMoneyPeopleWantTouchMore

When people see my show, they may not laugh out loud as they do with some of the classic comedians, but they do enjoy it. I regret that I called it comedy to begin with; I should have called it 'An Evening With' or put it down as spoken word. But the emphasis is always on funny stories.

Mick Foley

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Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.

Jonathan Swift

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I love music, and I love acting, so if I can just live and be able to do those two things, I can be happy, you know?

Craig Horner

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I have known Tiffany R. Warren for many years, and we have always shared the goal to promote diversity and inclusion in the creative industries.

Bozoma Saint John

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But I think that the spirit of protectionism would be the grave of European cinema. You cannot protect something by building a fence around it and thinking that this will help it survive.

Wim Wenders

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I don't think I'm an unhappy person. It's just an intensity, not a depressive thing. It's just not having enough layers of skin. It's exhausting.

Peter Morgan

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Cats, it turns out, are even less fond of being dunked in water than Shitsus.

Penny Junor

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The pure unadulterated disgust of Washington seems to me to be a really good thing.

Penn Jillette

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It used to be enough for me to get on stage and sing. I kind of crave the performance part now. I write knowing it's going to happen, which I didn't do before.

Perfume Genius

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