Arthur Young Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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Each dress symbolizes the age that it's appropriate for.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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Unless we provide consequences for activities and actions that are wrong, we are not going to get any truth.
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We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
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It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital.
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I was terrible when I first started skating and was clinging onto the side for dear life, but it's something I'll always have now, and the tour is always so much fun.
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It has always been a wonder to me where my conversational power has gone: at the present time, I cannot impress the most ordinary men.
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Times change. The farmer's daughter now tells jokes about the traveling salesman.
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Cussing ain't for everybody.
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Starting in the third grade, my dad had me read the 'Denver Post.' I had to discuss two articles with him before dinner, and we would also watch '60 Minutes' together.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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'It Girl' is supposed to be something that only lasts a certain amount of time. They keep calling me an 'It Girl,' and at this point it makes me laugh, because I've done that so many times: 'You're it;' 'You're not it.' What is 'it?'
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It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity.
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You can observe a lot by watching.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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In Japan, I focus mostly on sending messages through Twitter, trying to spread my minority way of thinking.
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I want to reveal in a simple way the usual - and unusual - life of the city; the corporation workman, the busmen, policemen, the civil servants, the theatres, Moore Street and also, what occupies so large a place in Dublin's life, the literary and artistic.
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Life will give you what you ask of here if only you ask long enough and plainly enough.
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As the Ambassador for WWF Earth Hour, I still vividly remember that there were only 80 buildings in China that participated the Earth Hour in its first year. Six years later, there were 170 cities and thousands of buildings that participated. We are still growing strong. I am encouraged by the accomplishments we have made together and they make me proud and more determined than ever.
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Rather than fight the same tired battles that have dominated Washington for decades, it's time to try something new. Let's invest in our people without leaving them a mountain of debt. Let's meet our responsibility to the citizens who sent us here. Let's try common sense.
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The spirit or life spark which animates this manifestation could be called God.
