Elmer Davis Quotes
History of the New York Times, 1851-1921. Contributors: Elmer Davis - author. Publisher: New York Times.
Quotes to Explore
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You won't do any more housework? Then you go to the bin.
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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The first step... shall be to lose the way.
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In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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I never wrote my books especially for children.
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I like nicotine because it excites my brain and helps me work.
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I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.
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I've been living. I've been doing the writing thing. I've been being the family man. I've been traveling the world. I been to, like, 18 cities last year. I've been getting my thoughts together, trying to figure out what's going on with hip-hop itself.
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China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn for things made in America - American brands, movies, music - there are other hundreds of millions of people throughout China who are living on the equivalent of one U.S. dollar a day.
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Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
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Whatever road you've been given, enjoy that road.
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Academic institutions in Britain have been infiltrated for years by dangerous theocratic fantasists. I should know: I was one of them.
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Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people.
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I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
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The P2P marketplace extends into other markets where individuals are monetizing underutilized assets. Lodging is one example. Instead of finding a hotel room, in the sharing economy you can rent a spare room from a local resident.
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Said one among them - 'Surely not in vain My substance of the common Earth was ta'en And to this Figure moulded, to be broke, Or trampled back to shapeless Earth again'.
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Wembley is a ground with great history. It's hosted games and players of great prestige. It's always important playing on great stages like this.
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History releases me from my own experience and jogs my fictional imagination.
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I am now reading Cooper's Naval History which I find very interesting.
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History of the New York Times, 1851-1921. Contributors: Elmer Davis - author. Publisher: New York Times.
