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What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken! — Jane Austen
I can never say 'why' about anything I do. I suppose I can say 'how' and 'when' and 'what.' But 'why' is impenetrable to me. — Paul Auster
People who don't like my work say that the connections seem too arbitrary. But that's how life is. — Paul Auster
Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story, when our mother or father… — Paul Auster
What used to keep me up at night was the fact that I didn't know how I was going to pay the rent. Now that… — Paul Auster
It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take his own life… — Emilie Autumn
How friendly all men would be one with another, if no regard were paid to honour and money! I believe it would be a remedy… — Teresa of Avila
Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not how any man… — Teresa of Avila
When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No… — Teresa of Avila
For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins sledding downhill to… — Diane Ackerman
A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You… — Lauren Bacall
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn;… — Richard Bach
The amount of things I have been through and the remarkable ways in which the body has reacted is just phenomenal. No wonder I became… — Amitabh Bachchan
I get how devastating high taxes are to job creation. — Michele Bachmann
Mitt Romney understands the private sector, he understands how profit is created, and he isn't embarrassed by it. — Michele Bachmann
If we look at American history, between 1942 and 1947, the data that was collected by the Census Bureau was handed over to the FBI… — Michele Bachmann
I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views. — Kevin Bacon
I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly,… — Bryan Adams
When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how… — Anna Letitia Barbauld
Taxation: how the sheep are shorn. — Edward Abbey

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