Jane Welsh Carlyle Quotes

Men may be rivals, opponents in their fortunes, and yet be friends in their hearts and fair towards each other's worth; but woman, the instant she is rivaled, becomes unjust.

Jane Welsh Carlyle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: January 14, 1801 - April 21, 1866

Topics

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Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display.

Jerry Rubin

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People who read the tabloids deserve to be lied to.

Jerry Seinfeld

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I'm a big fan of good grades. But I am going to suggest to you that you will find that the skills of a student are of somewhat less use to you once you get out into what is sometimes referred to as 'the real world.'

Jeffrey Toobin

GoodI AmWorldYouFindStudent

Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done - like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.

John Ortberg

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But the privileges that one has enjoyed and exploited can sometimes turn against you: nobody thinks of you as a director, you are always an actress.

Sophie Marceau

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What I think is exciting is that, to a certain extent, there is a revolution happening where black women are owning their own beauty, despite the standard of beauty that in the past has not had space for it.

Tracee Ellis Ross

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I won't let anything destroy me.

Roisin Murphy

MeAnythingDestroy

There's still not as many women in music as men, and I don't really know why. I don't have the answers. I do wish there were more women that played music.

Mary Timony

WomenMusicMenWishKnowWhy

As a form of escapism, yearning for the 20th century is understandable, but in practice it would be horrible - sort of like going on a holiday promising yourself you could go without the Internet, only to crumble and walk in a daze to the local Internet cafe to gorge on connectivity.

Douglas Coupland

WalkYourselfPracticeInternetYou

You have the massive world that was created by Marvel, and then you have these very intimate actors around you. There was as much character work on this as there would be on a little independent film. So, I felt very fortunate in that sense.

Chris Hemsworth

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On 'Curb Your Enthusiasm,' it takes almost a year to get 10 shows written. It always reminds me of my old yeshiva days, where you used to sit over a piece of Talmud and analyze everything that was going on.

David Steinberg

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The first CD I bought was Brandy and Monica's 'The Boy Is Mine.'

Arca

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