Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes

You will find the poet who wrings the heart of the world, or the foremost captain of his time, driving a bargain or paring a potato, just as you would do.

Rebecca Harding Davis

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• The reality is we talk a lot about it, but we really don't give everyone an opportunity to buy into it, and this combines both the best of Republican and Democratic ideals.

  

  Harold Ford, Jr.
  • Reality
  • Opportunity
  • Best

• If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.

  

  Adam Mansbach
  • Life
  • Real
  • Feedback

• They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time.

  

  Oscar Robertson
  • Time
  • Long
  • School

• Quite often, I have a compelling sense of how a role should be played. And I'm proved - equally as often - quite wrong.

  

  Harold Pinter
  • Sense
  • Wrong
  • Often

• First appearance deceives many.

  

  Ovid
  • Wisdom
  • First
  • Appearance

• It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.

  

  Karl Popper
  • You
  • Speak
  • Impossible

• There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.

  

  A. S. Byatt
  • Trying
  • You
  • Aesthetic

• If my subject is alive and is willing to talk to me, I will do it. But I always try to find people who were close, like lovers and family members and work colleagues - because we are what we think we are, but we're also the perception that others have of us. The truth is a sphere. There's always a hidden face.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
  • People
  • Work
  • Family

• Black players had an issue with Joe Torre. They weren't treated like everybody else. Even I got called out in a couple of meetings that I thought was unfair.

  

  Gary Sheffield
  • Black
  • Couple
  • Thought

• The world’s been waiting, they’ve been waiting for years And they’ve just gotta hear it The kids are waiting, they’ve been shedding tears So open your arms and sing for us

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • World
  • Kids
  • Waiting

• I'm ridiculous to feel ridiculous when I'm not. You must  be laughing at me for feeling you are laughing at me  if you are not laughing at me.

  

  R. D. Laing
  • Feeling

• As with all the other proposals, it's basically just a list of words. You can deal with that...

  

  Larry Wall
  • Words

• I've got perfectionist issues, as I can't seem to let tracks out the studio - it drives my manager nuts.

  

  Labrinth LSD

• I felt that writing about peoples' lives was a heck of a responsibility, and I wanted to know them in a deep way.

  

  Matthew Desmond
  • Writing
  • Responsibility
  • Deep

• I believe that everyone, regardless of their beliefs, deserves the dignity of being called by their name.

  

  Bernice King
  • Believe

• I like making things. I don't like getting my picture taken.

  

  Mark Zuckerberg
  • Taken
  • Picture

• If everyone in America can easily see who and what their lawmakers are requesting taxpayer money for, we can keep elected officials honest, end the days of political, special interest favors, and reduce wasteful spending.

  

  Kirsten Gillibrand
  • Money
  • America
  • Political

• I was so happy to go to prom so I could have a mental break because I've been working so hard. It felt so good to feel normal for once, and then the next day, I was in the gym again.

  

  Aly Raisman
  • Good
  • Happy
  • Gym

• Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough.

  

  Kevin Bacon
  • Good
  • Important
  • Bad

• I don't know why. I'm fascinated with stars and space. I just love them.

  

  Khoudia Diop
  • Why
  • Space

• If I could read while I was driving, showering, socializing or sleeping, I would do it.

  

  Elizabeth Gilbert
  • Driving

• Tempus edax rerum.

  

  Ovid

• I can't imagine how people will react to my music. For me, it's a really fluid process from one record to the next, but it's really up to the listener.

  

  Jenny Lewis
  • People
  • Up
  • Music

• You will find the poet who wrings the heart of the world, or the foremost captain of his time, driving a bargain or paring a potato, just as you would do.

  

  Rebecca Harding Davis
  • Driving
  • Potatoes
  • Captains