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You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as a shared relation between two… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet once in a bar very late at night, but do… — Wystan Hugh Auden
I am nice to everybody. But people really take advantage of it. — Dan Auerbach
People do not win people fights. Lawyers do. — Norman Ralph Augustine
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart. — Marcus Aurelius
To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions. — Marcus Aurelius
Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it… — Marcus Aurelius
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs. — Sri Aurobindo
India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself… — Sri Aurobindo
My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good… — Jane Austen
There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves. — Jane Austen
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. — Jane Austen
Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do. And I've changed my mind about a lot of things over… — Paul Auster
Every generation always thinks it was better before, and I think people have been saying this for probably thousands of years. — Paul Auster
People who don't like my work say that the connections seem too arbitrary. But that's how life is. — 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
Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. — Alfred Austin
I love to write and to get to know the people who are listening. — Emilie Autumn

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