"[Mrs. Allen was] never satisfied with the day……" — Jane Austen
"[Mrs. Allen was] never satisfied with the day unless she spent the chief of it by the side of Mrs. Thorpe, in what they called conversation, but in which there was scarcely ever any exchange of opinion, and not often any resemblance of subject, for Mrs. Thorpe talked chiefly of her children, and Mrs. Allen of her gowns."
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691 Quotes by Jane Austen
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But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men.
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— Marina Abramovic
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The Beat Generation, that was a vision that we had, John Clellon Holmes and I, and Allen Ginsberg in an…
— Jack Kerouac
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I'm like a fatter version of Amy Winehouse and a skinnier version of Lily Allen.
— Katy Perry
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[T]he Clinton administration launched an attack on people in Texas because those people were religious nuts with guns. Hell, this…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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There was always news coming back to the quarter about someone who had been killed or sent to prison for…
— Ulysses S. Grant
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Don Knotts was a really big influence, especially on the Steve Allen show. I mean, look at the guy, his…
— Tim Conway
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I'm a big fan of 'Woody Allen' movies, so I like all the actresses in his movies like 'Diane Keaton'…
— Emily Perkins
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I was voted best-looking kid in high school but, as you can see, things changed. I used to say I…
— James Gandolfini
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When I can't sleep, I read a book by Steve Allen.
— Oscar Levant
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I tried to commit suicide one day. It was a very Woody Allen-type suicide. I turned on the gas and…
— Elton John
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Bob Dylan is out of the mentorship of Allen Ginsberg.
— Peter Fonda
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