I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.Quote by Jane Austen about principle, being, life
One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.Quote by Jane Austen about suffering, nothing, love
They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life.Quote by Jane Austen about nature, life
To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.Quote by Jane Austen about beauty, life
He comes to this other world and he has to reinvent himself. Again, it felt natural, even though I'd been working really hard trying to come up with something.Quote by Michael Chabon about world
I didn't want to go to places that have been written about so many times by people so much more qualified than I, like James Jones and Norman Mailer who lived through it. I was always searching for my own theater of war.Quote by Michael Chabon about searching, war, people
It just clicked: if the character had a nosebleed, it would be like a 'losing the virginity' thing, physical evidence like blood on the sheets. That was exactly the kind of image I'd been looking for.Quote by Michael Chabon about blood, character, things
It's good to have it over with. I worked on it a long time, and I didn't know what people were going to think of it. Would people like it? Would they buy it? So far it's been doing pretty well.Quote by Michael Chabon about nation, commerce, people, good, good luck, time
This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.Quote by Bette Davis about work, impossible, order
I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.Quote by Agatha Christie about life, sadness, things
I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.Quote by Agatha Christie about opinion, sadness, things
We're all busy little bees, full of stings, making honey day and night, aren't we honey?Quote by Bette Davis about night, day
I played this character twice in live action, and now I've become an animated character. It was actually fun to see myself drawn - I've never been a drawn character before.Quote by Geena Davis about character, action
I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me.Quote by Julie Christie about mother, being, good, good luck
I realized I'd been living in a vacuum in America. So that's the kind of culture shock I got.Quote by Julie Christie about culture
I see stardom very clearly as a construct that's been created in order to sell things.Quote by Julie Christie about celebrity, commerce, order, things
I think I was probably being too nitpicky. But that's how I was. I couldn't have been otherwise.Quote by Julie Christie about being
I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important.Quote by Catherine Deneuve about life, work
I was surprised to see people in England wearing clothes that didn't look as if they'd just come from the dry cleaners but as if they might have been worn for more than one day.Quote by Julie Christie about clothes, day, people