"A familiar name on its own, however, does……" — Daphne du Maurier
"A familiar name on its own, however, does not carry its bearer far unless the talent is there, and the will to work."
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89 Quotes by Daphne du Maurier
Daphne du Maurier has 89 quotes on this site.
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Look on each day that comes as a challenge, as a test of courage. The pain will come in waves,…
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When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person.
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We know one another. This is the present. There is no past and no future. Here I am washing my…
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What about the hero of The House on the Strand? What did it mean when he dropped the telephone at…
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People who travel are always fugitives.
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Life and death do not wait for legal action.
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Here was the freedom I desired, long sought-for, not yet known Freedom to write, to walk, to wander, freedom to…
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All autobiography is self-indulgent.
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Women want love to be a novel, men a short story.
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Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
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Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.
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Either you go to America with Mrs. Van Hopper or you come home to Manderley with me." "Do you mean…
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It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us. A year impairs,…
— Lord Byron
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EVANGELIST, n. A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of our own salvation…
— Ambrose Bierce
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The fundamental biological variant is DNA. That is why Mendel's definition of the gene as the unvarying bearer of hereditary…
— Jacques Monod
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They have no consciousness therefore. Therefore what? Therefore we are free to use them for our own ends? Therefore we…
— J M Coetzee
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Let the wise guard their thoughts, which are difficult to perceive, extremely subtle, and wander at will. Thought which is…
— Gautama Buddha
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If you have a grateful heart (which is a miracle amongst you statesmen), show it by directing the bearer to…
— John Wilmot
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And now it stands proven that Satan, or the Red Fiery Dragon, the 'Lord of Phosphorus,' and Lucifer, or 'Light-Bearer,'…
— H. P. Blavatsky
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So little have thee first Christians (who despoiled the Jews of their Bible) understood the first four chapters of Genesis…
— H. P. Blavatsky
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For a lot of young girls, the media frenzy and the social media challenges becomes so overwhelming that maybe they don't go…
— Julie Foudy
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Not simply the righteousness of our Saviour, not simply the beauty of His holiness or the graces of His character,…
— Adoniram Judson Gordon
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Corporation 2020 is an indispensable contribution to the global transformation of finance and corporations as humanity re-integrates centuries of knowledge…
— Achim Steiner
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The camera has a mind of its own--its own point of view. Then the human bearer of time stumbles into…
— Frank Lentricchia
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