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Quote by Jane Austen
One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is som

One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound. – Jane Austen

Other quotes by Jane Austen

There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person. – Jane Austen

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Shyness
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Jane Austen
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The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think letters are never worth going through the rain for. – Jane Austen

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Letters
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It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. – Jane Austen

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Marriage
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Other Quotes from
City Life, Cities
category

Every city has a sex and an age which have nothing to do with demography. Rome is feminine. So is Odessa. London is a teenager, an urchin, and, in this, hasnt changed since the time of Dickens. Paris, I believe, is a man in his twenties in love with an older woman. – John Berger

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City Life, Cities

The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi. – Fred A. Allen

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City Life, Cities

New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time, most unsolved. – Johnny Carson

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City Life, Cities

In the small town each citizen had done something in his own way to build the community. The town booster had a vision of the future which he tried to fulfill. The suburb dweller by contrast started with the future – Daniel J. Boorstin

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City Life, Cities

Random Quotes

Its important to travel and move and have a continual set of experiences so youve got more to feed back into your work. For me, its a natural thing. – Cate Blanchett

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Travel

Two things are owed to truthfulness — lasting marriages and short friendships. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Marriage

I have been a huge nerd to my kids. I havent done the cool movies that they like. With 24, I gained a lot of respect. 24 is now, its hip, its their generation. – Ricky Schroder

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cool

I force people to have coffee with me, just because I dont trust that a friendship can be maintained without any other senses besides a computer or cellphone screen. – John Cusack

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Friendship