Edith Wharton Quotes
The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.Edith Wharton
Quotes to Explore
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One of the things you want as a successful writer is the anonymity.
Irvine Welsh -
It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
Jack Straw -
At Al Jazeera, we are getting our local Somalis, Yemenis and Sudanese, local correspondents from within the society, who understand much better than the people who come from overseas. We will get a much better insight.
Wadah Khanfar -
Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
Barbara Deming -
I remember everything from 1976. I remember I was 14, and I remember my routines.
Nadia Comaneci -
The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
C. Northcote Parkinson
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I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare.
Barbara Mikulski -
After seeing 'Big,' I wanted an elevator that opened directly into my apartment, just like Tom Hanks did.
Macaulay Culkin -
When I was a child, I was very poor and wanted everything. So when I got money, I began buying things.
Jackie Chan -
ChicagoNEXT is focused on making Chicago the best possible place for technology entrepreneurs.
J. B. Pritzker -
When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
Youssou N'Dour -
I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
Hannah Kent
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I hear a lot of bad TV commercials that try to sound like Where It's At. That pretty much turned me off from using the electric piano for a lot of years.
Beck -
The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down.
Manfred von Richthofen -
English history is all about men liking their fathers, and American history is all about men hating their fathers and trying to burn down everything they ever did.
Malcolm Bradbury -
I think I'm as good if not better than everyone else.
Daniel Cormier -
People underestimate the impact they can have on the process through contact with legislators. By being part of an organized group in an area that you have an interest in, you can multiply the impact of your own ideas.
Ralph Regula -
I just had to find something else to fulfill me. Always being a singer and writing, it was a blessing. My brother started making music that was the kind of music I always saw myself singing.
Taryn Manning Boomkat
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Saying goodbye is to grow.
Gustavo Cerati Soda Stereo -
I look good. I mean, really good. Hey everyone! Come and see how good I look!
Will Ferrell -
Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.
Wendell Phillips -
I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.
William Weld -
The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.
Edith Wharton