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Quote by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

“Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.”

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach was an Austrian novelist and poet, known for her delicate emotions and profound insights. Her works are considered an important representative of European literature at the end of the 19th century. more

“We were brought up in the school that teaches: You do what the script tells you. Deliver the goods without comment. Live it-do it-or shut up. After all, the writer is what's important. If the script is good and you don't get in its way, it will come off okay. I never discussed a script with Spence [Spencer Tracy]; we just did it. The same with Hank [Henry Fonda] in On Golden Pond. Naturally and unconsciously we joined into what I call a musical necessity-the chemistry that brings out the essence of the characters and the work.”

Ifs Way Important Character School Acting Teach Okay Essence Musical Scripts Golden Goods Chemistry Comment Shut Up What's Important Ponds Tracy

Author:Katharine Hepburn

“I think comedy comes more from a low sense of self-esteem, and I certainly have that.”

Thinking Self Comedy Self Esteem Lows Esteem Sense Of Self

Author:Craig Ferguson

“Few people know what they mean when they say, "I love you." ... Well, what does the word love mean? It means total interest. I think the reason very few people really fall in love with anyone is they're not willing to pay the price. The price is you have to adjust yourself to them.”

People Thinking Knows Love Wells Mean Doe Reason Fall Interest Pay Love You Willing Falling In Love Pay The Price Say I Love You Love Means Words Love

Author:Katharine Hepburn

“Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.”

Knows Smart Harder Smarter

Author:Katharine Hepburn

“People think that I'm tough and strong and that I kicked my way through everything. But they are wrong. The truth is that when I was young I was adorable and a trembling wreck.”

People Thinking Way Young Strong Youth Truth Is Tough My Way Wrecks Trembling Adorable

Author:Katharine Hepburn

“Inconstancy no sin will prove If we consider that we love But the same beauty in another face, Like the same body in another place.”

Ifs Body Faces Sin Prove Infidelity Inconstancy

Author:Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury

“There are a great many people in our society who are happy, but since they don't know they're happy, they're not happy.”

People Knows Happiness Great Men Our Society Not Happy

Author:Theodore Isaac Rubin

“All of us are crazy in one or another way.”

Way Crazy Illness Mental Illness Another Way

Author:Theodore Isaac Rubin

“Television deprives children of their imaginations.”

Children Imagination Television

Author:Theodore Isaac Rubin

“We are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them.”

Benefits

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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