John Buchan Quotes

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.

John Buchan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: August 26, 1875 - February 11, 1940

Topics

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Obviously, I'm not a trained actress, and right now I'll come out and say I'm glad I'm not.

Jenny McCarthy

NowSayRightOutComeActress

Home is the center of life. It's the wellspring of personhood. It's where we say we're ourselves.

Matthew Desmond

LifeHomeSayCenterWhere

How do you keep war accountable to the American people when war becomes invisible and virtual?

Michael Ignatieff

WarPeopleAmericanYouInvisible

But no one can praise Roosevelt for doing this and then insist that he restored our traditional political and economic systems to their former vitality.

John T. Flynn

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As a wheelchair user, I am utterly obsessed with toilets, and all my friends know it. A simple invitation to the pub is consistently followed by, 'Do you know if they have an accessible toilet?'

Stella Young

SimpleI AmFriendsYouKnowToilet

I love to play it. I think it's funny. It's always been funny to me. Somebody who's large and in charge but totally wrong-headed.

Rob Riggle

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In 2012 the best venue I played was Union Chapel in London. It's a beautiful room, the sound is exceptional, and they treated us very well.

Ron Pope

BeautifulBestLondonSoundRoomUs

I knew there would be some controversy over the 'Potter' series between religious people and secular-minded people - that was inevitable - what astonished me and continues to astonish me is the intense controversy that erupted very early on among Christians themselves, in all the churches. It cuts across every denominational line.

Michael O'Brien

PeopleMeEarlyInevitableLine

We have no such weapons at all, no chemical weapons, no biological weapons.

Mohammed Aldouri

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I think, first of all, every time you want to play somebody who is real is always challenging and always scary, because you are given a responsibility of someone's real life.

Liya Kebede

LifeTimeResponsibilityThinkYou

I was ordered not to go out to Abu Ghraib after dark early on, because Abu Ghraib was extremely dangerous.

Janis Karpinski

EarlyDarkDangerousGoOutBecause

In the Shao Lin temple, they never allow you to touch the skin of a drum until you can tongue what you're going to play.

Dick Dale

TongueYouSkinPlayTempleNever

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