Virginia Woolf Quotes, Wall Quotes, Years Quotes

Women have sat indoors all these millions of years, so that by this time the very walls are permeated by their creative force, which has, indeed, so overcharged the capacity of bricks and mortar that it must needs harness itself to pens and brushes and business and politics.

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Sure, we had to be skinny. I lived on Diet Coke and apples for two years. For the couture, we had to get up at 4 am to be sewn into the clothes and there was huge pressure to be thin. But I made a million dollars by the time I was 20, I bought a town house in Manhattan and put myself through Columbia. Does that make me a victim?

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I feel it was just a few years ago I was running around in short pants

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Often a man endures for several years, submits and suffers the cruellest punishments, and then suddenly breaks out over some minute trifle, almost nothing at all.

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Tags : Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes , Men Quotes , Years Quotes

Fear, when your friends say to you what you have done well, and say it through; but when they stand with uncertain timid looks of respect and half-dislike, and must suspend their judgement for years to come, you may begin to hope.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Respect Quotes , Years Quotes

Mr. president, I've been a citizen of the United States of America for thirty three years and was never invited to the White House. It sure gives me pleasure to be invited to the Black House.

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Tags : Muhammad Ali Quotes , Years Quotes , White Quotes

My only agenda for the next two years is the same as the one I’ve had since the day I swore an oath on the steps of this Capitol — to do what I believe is best for America.

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People who plan their life when they're 18 years old and say, "This is my life plan," would generally be surprised and maybe disappointed.

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Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Years Quotes , People Quotes

For years, I have been looking for a way to look at the whole global environmental situation, which I have the privilege and burden of covering. And I wanted to give people a way to do something about it.

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I began to realize that for two years my life had been a drawing on resources that I did not possess, that I had been mortgaging myself physically and spiritually up to the hilt.

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Tags : F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes , Years Quotes , Two Quotes

Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.

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Well, well, my dear fellow, be it so. We have shared this same room for some years, and it would be amusing if we ended by sharing the same cell. (...)

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Tags : Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes , Cells Quotes , Years Quotes

Original sin is the only doctrine that's been empirically validated by 2,000 years of human history.

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In China, we don't have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn't even have a gallery.

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Tags : Ai Weiwei Quotes , Art Quotes , Years Quotes

Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think that your delights will keep till another year.

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A low-cost index fund is the most sensible equity investment for the great majority of investors. My mentor, Ben Graham, took this position many years ago, and everything I have seen since convinces me of its truth.

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One of the hardest things in politics is to convince people to do things now that will have a good effect 20 or 30 years from now because politicians tend to have a short-term view. They are more attentive to things that people care about today.

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The cannon will not suffer any other sound to be heard for miles and for years around it.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Years Quotes , Suffering Quotes

The Oval Office is a place where there's been, obviously, a lot of amazing experiences over a seven-and-a-half year period. My presidency is one where I've had to make some very tough decisions. I guess some presidencies are kind of - were real smooth, there were no real big issues. Well, that's not the way mine is.

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Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Real Quotes , Years Quotes

We need a war every 10 years, so we can stay match fit in case the Germans try again.

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Tags : Al Murray Quotes , War Quotes , Years Quotes