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Own Quotes by Kate Chopin
- To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And,…
- The generous abundance of her passion, without guile or trickery, was like a white flame which penetrated and found response in depths of his own…
- Some people are born with a vital and responsive energy. It not only enables them to keep abreast of the times; it qualifies them to…
- There are periods of despondency and suffering which take possession of me. But I don't want anything but my own way. That is wanting a…
- Even as a child she had lived her own small life within herself. At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual life…
- She was flushed and felt intoxicated with the sound of her own voice and the unaccustomed taste of candor. It muddled her like wine, or…
- She had all her life long been accustomed to harbor thoughts and emotions which never voiced themselves… They belonged to her her and were her…
More Own Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov