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After all, the appeal to stop being yourself, even for a little while, is very great.


Donna Tartt

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DONNA TARTT But, if I dare say it, it wasn't until I had helped kill a man that I realized how elusive and compl...
DONNA TARTT Argentina. The word itself had lost little of its power to startle and had, due to my ignoran...
DONNA TARTT When you sing with a group of people, you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness b...
BRIAN ENO Roberto Donna is a great Italian chef.
JOSE ANDRES After a while, I think we got a hand in his face and cooled him down a little. But he's a great play...
ARMON JOHNSON very little credibility and very little appeal to anyone anywhere on the Republican ideological spec...
JIM JORDAN The mere fact of my novel being filmed means very little to me. For a long while after 'The Crim...
MICHEL FABER When the birds realize that they are being chased away every day, they stop coming after a while. Th...
DICK BAILEY Donna is a hard worker and very deserving of the award.
LARRY DAVIS In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and eve...
GEORGE GURDJIEFF In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and eve...
GURDJIEFF It's very, very sad, so disappointing. Even [ex-WorldCom chief] Bernie Ebbers, who got 25 years, is ...
CHARLES STILLMAN It's very, very sad, so disappointing. Even (ex-WorldCom chief) Bernie Ebbers, who got 25 years, is ...
CHARLES STILLMAN Everyone always says how I'm so smart, but they don't know what it's like being me. always feeling l...
SUSANE COLASANTI Donna does not stop at her own personal commitment. She has the ability to inspire others.
MARIANNE VIRGILI Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play.
J.R. RIM Life was good
before I
met
the monster.
After,
life
was great
...
ELLEN HOPKINS While it sounds pretty small, in terms of overall improvements, there usually is very little recover...
SANJAY GUPTA Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
MARCUS AURELIUS Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
MARCUS AURELIUS Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking
MARCUS AURELIUS After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die.
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L.M. MONTGOMERY All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.
SIDNEY LUMET But some things are more important than being happy. Like being free to think for yourself.
JON KRAKAUER I'm very involved with kids because after being a teacher for seven years, I just can't stop...
YOLANDA ADAMS If they don't like you for being yourself, be yourself even more.
TAYLOR SWIFT Stop giving up on opportunities just because you 'think' you're not ready. Stepping out of your comf...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA This team is on the upswing. I'm very anxious and very thankful to be a part of this for the next li...
CHRIS GRATTON The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are ...
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO Fantasy and drama appeal to us. They are socially acceptable and make you feel good about yourself. ...
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KIMORA LEE SIMMONS An appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport is very likely.
GRAHAM SHEAR I would prefer to be a little nervous, because when you stop being nervous is kind of when you stop ...
CONOR OBERST Be true to yourself & know your virtue & capability. This will inculcate sense of confidence & fulln...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA It is not very polite to interrupt a person, of course, but sometimes if the person is very unpleasa...
LEMONY SNICKET It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
BALTASAR GRACIAN Stop being yourself and become who u always wanted to be
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KAREN MAHONEY A real man never stop trying to show a girl how amazing she is, even after she's his
DAZZLїиG_Бципу If you start with the assumption that people go to church to steal from the offering plate, you'd ma...
ANDY HERNANDEZ Appeal. Guy's like you get all excited about the appeal. Don't you see that I view the very existenc...
SERGIO DE LA PAVA There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti.
EDMUND HILLARY The prospect of being able to use insulin while avoiding some... or all... of the injections histori...
DAVID ORLOFF This is not being aimed at children. This is a media platform that's going to appeal to adults of al...
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SøREN KIERKEGAARD Even holligans marry, though they know that marriage is but for a little while. It is alimony that i...
QUENTIN CRISP And maybe you should stop pitying yourself,” he said. “Most people are lucky to have even one gr...
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SUSAN C. YOUNG Dayton is a great venue for these artists. It's a great tribute to Dr. Angelou and Ms. Winfrey's bro...
IDOTHA BOOTSIE NEAL In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a ...
JACQUES BARZUN But then I think, this happens sometimes, doesn’t it? People you have a history with, they won’t...
PAULA HAWKINS Even after the appeal had closed there was still the odd donation coming in from members of the comm...
BOB COOMBES You don't believe that your friend could ever do anything great. You despise yourself in secret, eve...
WILHELM REICH So many times it seemed like there were chances to stop things before they started. Or even stop the...
SARAH DESSEN We are all exceptional cases. We all want to appeal against something! Each of us insists on being i...
ALBERT CAMUS The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop bei...
JAMES WOLCOTT Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” �...
FRANCINE JAY Life is a journey. When we stop, things don't go right.
POPE FRANCIS The good part about getting older is you stop trying to prove anything to anyone, including yourself...
TWINKLE KHANNA Children are like sponges; they start to smell after a little while.
BRIAN P. CLEARY As soon as you stop being yourself you become anybody.
JEFFREY BENJAMIN Look at yourself from the space! You are very little, you are so tiny! But there is something big in...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN You try starving yourself to death, ... It's like holding your breath. After a while, your physiolog...
WALTER KAYE The appeal all too often is to the gallery, hungry for sensation.
OTTO HERMANN KAHN Once you love something, you can never stop loving it. Even after a divorce, the heart will not stop...
GREGORY DAVID ROBERTS To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. 'Tis much...
ISAAC NEWTON How do you convince someone to change, to stop being afraid of himself? How do you convince yourself...
CHARLES YU To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we ...
WILLIAM HAZLITT To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we...
WILLIAM HAZLITT I think we won it in the line. After a while they might have gotten down a little bit, but I thought...
GARY VICINI Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coatta...
CLARENCE DARROW Cheating is very easy, try something more challenging like being faithful to yourself, dreams, and p...
KABELO MABONA Being yourself is very sexy, you know?
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MEL GIBSON 17,000 islands, a huge coastline, and very little [police] resources, it is hard...to stop oil smugg...
FAUZI ICHSAN The question for Obama is how he can rein in the furies of populism while making us all feel the mal...
TINA BROWN It's a great show and a great way to appeal to the younger crowd.
ANDY KLOTZ Do external things distract you? Then make time for yourself to learn something worthwhile; stop let...
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STEPHEN CHBOSKY Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat-t...
CLARENCE DARROW Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat-t...
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CLAIRE LEGRAND I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
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life was composed of these disjointed
fractions of time, hanging around...
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Children must have their naps,
It...
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DONNA ABBOTT God had to create disco music so I could be born and be successful.
DONNA SUMMER I have always hired people of different ages. Young people and older people. People in their 70s and...
DONNA SHALALA Being on food stamps can be demeaning. Cashiers know the difference between the new plastic SNAP car...
DONNA BRAZILE When we maintain a conscious connection with Gratitude, our presence will naturally radiate a certai...
DONNA GODDARD No one remembers how the American people responded day-to-day, week-to-week, or month-to-month about...
DONNA BRAZILE We love with all our heart but we also keep our heart light and pliable. It has space. It breathes. ...
DONNA GODDARD Hurricane Katrina was the storm of the 21st century. It devastated an area the size of Great Britain...
DONNA BRAZILE We all know that an angry electorate is a voting electorate.
DONNA BRAZILE The chief stammered around and did not give me a direct answer.
DONNA MORROW I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The developm...
DONNA KARAN I'm tired of 'tone at the top.' Sometimes I wish Boards and CEOs would just stop talking and do.
DONNA BOEHME A true ethical culture reflects the better instincts of company leadership, and retaliation does the...
DONNA BOEHME Because I'm just an ordinary person that did some extraordinary things.
DONNA SUMMER It was at the Children's Defense Fund that I met Hillary. I was 21, feisty, and ready to fight. ...
DONNA BRAZILE Over the years, I've worked for and alongside the American Federation of Teachers and National E...
DONNA BRAZILE Democrats have pushed for equal pay for women because we know that when women succeed, America succe...
DONNA BRAZILE Our young people are out on the streets looking for parties, a place to dance, looking for a scene. ...
DONNA SHALALA Poverty is a national issue and needs a federal response. After all, U.S. federal government policie...
DONNA BRAZILE She's the epitome of a point guard already. That doesn't happen often (with a sophomore). She was gr...
DONNA NICHOLSON So on May 1, 1987, at Gary's invitation, I agreed to see him one last time - to confront him fac...
DONNA RICE I think people involved in politics make good actors. Acting and politics both involve fooling peopl...
DONNA BRAZILE But I like to know that someone is stronger than I am. I want to be able to know that if I get tired...
DONNA SUMMER Food stamps are an investment in our future.
DONNA BRAZILE One of my favorite movies is The Little Foxes.
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