Amelia Barr Quotes
To take offence is a great folly, and to give offence is a great folly - I know not which is the greater.Amelia Barr
Quotes to Explore
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a poem is a naked person . . . some people say that I am a poet
Bob Dylan -
Festive cocktails mean color, lots of color.
Danny Meyer -
I had a great movement teacher - he showed me how to walk so I wasn't becoming like a cartoon.
John Leguizamo -
...and on MSNBC all over the world. Now, uhh, because it's available all over the world, doesn't mean, by the way, that anybody's watchin' it. Am I right Charles?'
Don Imus -
Chicago is an exciting place which renews itself. The workshop system encourages close reading and frank discussions of papers and ideas.
James Heckman -
New Yorkers are predatory about real estate. When they sense softening, they move in for the kill.
Anderson Cooper
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Your timing is amazing," Kami told him. "By which I mean, I am amazed by it.
Sarah Rees Brennan -
You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
Erica Jong -
If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative.
Betty Eadie -
I really love school, but I'd love to continue acting jobs if I can.
Georgie Henley -
The Carnegie Foundation is well aware of the fact that their reports frequently find their way to dusty archives in academic institutions, but occasionally people pick up a segment of a report and act upon it.
C. Everett Koop -
My friends are a huge part of my inspiration.
Waris Ahluwalia
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What Americans do is we come to each other's aid.
Andy Dunn -
The key is to photograph your obsessions, whether that’s old people’s hands or skyscrapers. Think of a blank canvas, because that’s what you’ve got, and then think about what you want to see. Not anyone else.
David LaChapelle -
Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.
Backseat Goodbye -
The greatest offence against virtue is to speak ill of it.
William Hazlitt -
I fear a permanent Confederation will never be settled; tho the most material articles are I think got thro', so as to give great offence to some, but to my Satisfaction.
William Whipple -
No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
Thomas Carlyle
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All taboos serve different human interests by avoiding those things which threaten to cause offence or distress
Kate Burridge -
I believe in the magic and authority of words.
Rene Char -
To take offence is a great folly, and to give offence is a great folly - I know not which is the greater.
Amelia Barr