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An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done.

Quote by Jane Austen about suspicion, woman

In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there was no alternative for those who would not bend the knee, or turn a blind eye to oppression, or for those who wanted a national republic.

Quote by Gerry Adams about fight, blind, past, rightness

The IRA is being used as the excuse by them all not to engage properly in the process of building peace with justice in Ireland.

Quote by Gerry Adams about rightness, justice, peace, being

It's very clear you have to engage the public and say: You have to vote no on 74, no on 75, no on 76, no on 77. Those are the issues that Arnold pushing. And those are reactionary, Republican initiatives.

Quote by Warren Beatty about public, contentment

There's no need to do six engagements in a day. You can achieve the same amount of connection and consistency at a different pace.

Quote by Prince Andrew about need, day, contentment

Louis Pasteur said, 'Chance favors the prepared mind. ' If you're really engaged in the writing, you'll work yourself out of whatever jam you find yourself in.

Quote by Michael Chabon about chance, writing, contentment, mind, work

I felt compelled to perform - to do my engagements and not let people down. And they supported me, although they weren't aware how much it carried me through.

Quote by Princess Diana about nation, people

Beware of the man who will not engage in idle conversation; he is planning to steal your walking stick or water your stock.

Quote by William Emerson about conversation, water, man

The greatest danger we face may be from illiberals like Reich who seek ways to de-legitimize and disenfranchise (rather than engage) ideas with which they disagree.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about danger, face

To imply that religious believers have no right to engage moral questions in the public square or at the ballot is simply to establish a Reichian secularism as our state faith.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about faith, state, moral, public, rightness

I actually encountered the written dharma, and I met a teacher. Before that, I was engaged in philosophical pursuit in school.

Quote by Richard Gere about teachers, school

It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction.

Quote by Mikhail Gorbachev about destruction, things

I'm sure it is, I'm not for any kind of war, we've been engaged in several wars since the second world war and we lost in Korea, we lost in Vietnam, they are political wars, they have nothing to do with any real threat, nor does this one.

Quote by Larry Hagman about war, real estate, nothing, world

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.

Quote by Henry Ford about thinking, reason, work

I think people should be free to engage in any sexual practices they choose; they should draw the line at goats though.

Quote by Elton John about sex, people

You always know it’s time to stop reloading and come to bed when your wife calls out for a DQ for failure to engage.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys, wife, failure, time, contentment

I try to remember, as I hear about friends getting engaged, that it's not about the ring. It's a grave thing, getting married.

Quote by Gwyneth Paltrow about recollection, things

I'm a storyteller firstly but the stories that engage me passionately are the ones that make me care about something.

Quote by Sara Paretsky about history

The PLO is an organization that harbors terrorists, supports terrorists, helps terrorists engage in their horrible activities.

Quote by George Pataki about politics

There is no moral equivalency between those who would kill using children, innocent civilians, children and adults, in their homes and in their places of worship, to that of a government that is seeking those terrorists before they can engage in...

Quote by George Pataki about moral, children, activity