Virginia Woolf Quotes

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.

Virginia Woolf

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 25, 1882 - March 28, 1941

Topics

LifeHappinessManIndependence

When I first moved from Shanghai when I was five, I just thought of myself as Chinese.

Jenny Zhang

MyselfThoughtFirstFiveJust

I get paid to do the thing I love most, and maybe that makes blending into the crowd impossible sometimes, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Anna Paquin

LoveWorldImpossibleSometimesPaid

In short, Luck's always to blame.

Jean de La Fontaine

LuckBlameShortAlways

There is always disappointment, heartache. You are losing almost every tournament. You need to just accept it and be positive because you are going to lose and fail. We're not all Nadal or Djokovic, who can win most tournaments.

Stan Wawrinka

PositiveLosingDisappointmentWin

I'm so grateful to grab hold of something that wants to be a play. It doesn't happen very often. I don't have unwritten plays waiting for their turn.

Tom Stoppard

GratefulWaitingPlayHappenTurn

From the time I was a kid, I was crazy about anything having to do with the West. I'd look at all of these photos of Montana, and they all seemed so magical and majestic. I just wanted to go west, and I finally did it when I was barely 21. I went off to volunteer at a Navajo reservation in New Mexico.

Michael Keaton

TimeCrazyLookGoNewKid

I always thought it would be really fun to play a villain. I feel like I haven't done that yet. Not an anti-hero, not someone who is flawed, but somebody who is just straight-up bad.

Julia Stiles

FunVillainThoughtFeelSomeone

The action of 'Horse Soldiers' is back-dropped by the story of how America went to war with little time to prepare - but with a lot of moxie.

Doug Stanton

TimeWarActionStoryAmericaHorse

I've been a scuba diver since I was 16 and I think that was one of the reasons they chose me.

Christopher Atkins

MeThinkBeenReasonsI ThinkChose

Make sure your work is never results-oriented. The result is a byproduct of the work, in a way.

Constance Wu

WorkResultWayNeverSureYour

You don't hear much crosstalk on 'The Five.' When you try to make a point, the other person will back off.

Bob Beckel

YouBackPersonWillTryPoint

The Lord knows that I could not open scripture; he must by his prophetical office open it unto me. So after that being unsatisfied in the thing, the Lord was pleased to bring this scripture out of the Hebrews.

Anne Hutchinson

MeOfficeOpenOutLordBring

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