Elizabeth Inchbald quotes
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“Good humor, like the jaundice, makes every one of its own complexion.”
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“A man of fashion does not like to be reckoned poor, no more than he likes to be reckoned unhappy. We none of us endeavor to be happy, Sir, but merely to be thought so; and for my part, I had rather be in a state of misery, and envied for my supposed happiness, than in a state of happiness, and pitied for my supposed misery.”
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“I assure you my professions never go beyond my intentions ...”
-- Elizabeth InchbaldSource : Elizabeth Inchbald (1808). “The British Theatre: Or, a Collection of Plays, which are Acted at the Theaters Royal ... : With Biographical and Critical Remarks. Such things are. Every one has his fault. Wifes as they were. Lover's vows. To marry or not to marry”
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“I have not laughed since I married ...”
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“There the poor have another advantage ... for they may defy not only death, but every loss by sea or land, for they have nothing to lose.”
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“Tears from our sex are not always the results of grief; they are frequently no more than little sympathetic tributes which we pay to our fellow-beings, while the mind and the heart are steeled against the weakness which our eyes indicate.”
-- Elizabeth InchbaldSource : Elizabeth Inchbald (1808). “The British Theatre: Or, a Collection of Plays, which are Acted at the Theaters Royal ... : With Biographical and Critical Remarks. Such things are. Every one has his fault. Wifes as they were. Lover's vows. To marry or not to marry”
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“... alas! in the exercise of the arts, industry scarce bears the name of merit.”
-- Elizabeth InchbaldSource : Elizabeth Inchbald (1998). “A Simple Story”, p.30, OUP Oxford
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“More people die on a per mile basis from drunk walking than from drunk driving.”
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Source : Source: www.independentphilly.com
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“Sometimes our motivations can be quite hazy, contradictory and multi-faceted, in real life.”
Source : "Adam Rayner Talks Tyrant, Joining the Show, Playing an Arab Character, Shocking Moments, Shooting the Pilot in Morocco, and His Character’s Motives". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 24, 2014.
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Source : "An Interview with Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys". Interview with David Flumenbaum, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 3, 2008.
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“Men naturally warm and heady are transported with the greatest flush of good-nature.”
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“There is nothing like a comfortable adventure to put people in a good humor. . .”
Source : Peter Mayle (1991). “Toujours Provence”, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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