Jessamyn West Quotes

I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt.

Jessamyn West

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 18, 1902 - February 23, 1984

Topics

HonestyHurtTryingDoneMoreHarm

All of Koons's best art - the encased vacuum cleaners, the stainless-steel Rabbit (the late-twentieth century's signature work of Simulationist sculpture), the amazing gleaming Balloon Dog, and the cast-iron re-creation of a Civil War mortar exhibited last month at the Armory - has simultaneously flaunted extreme realism, idealism, and fantasy.

Jerry Saltz

WorkDogArtBestWarAmazing

If someone tried to take the hierarchy thing too seriously - for example, being lovely to producers but moaning to runners about the tea - that would not be accepted on 'Harry Potter'; someone would pull you aside and have a word.

Tom Felton

TeaSomeoneYouSeriouslyLovely

An approach that phases in congressional term limits reconciles the self-interest of members of Congress with the public's desire to see these changes enacted and gives us the best chance to make term limits a reality.

Ron DeSantis

BestLimitsChanceRealityDesire

When I stopped playing, I gave up exercising and put on some weight.

Ronaldo

UpPlayingWeightSomeGavePut

I can't talk about the education of black children if I ignored two of my nieces who were a couple of grade levels behind. I believe that charity begins at home, and I take seriously the role of a godfather to fill the gap when the parents aren't doing their job.

Roland Martin

EducationHomeChildrenJobParents

I've played an angel on 'Touched by an Angel,' bringing the message of God's love. It was such a privilege for me as a person of faith to deliver the message.

Roma Downey

LoveGodFaithMeAngelPerson

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Desiderius Erasmus

ManKingBlindBrainyKingdom

When you have kids, you start thinking about their future and you forget about yours.

Bob Seger

FutureStartThinkingYouForget

I'm from Texas, and Texas has a reputation that far precedes actual Texas, and it is irritating sometimes.

Allison Tolman

ReputationTexasSometimesIrritating

I never say no.

Peta Wilson

SayNever

My father was in a dance band, and I wanted to do what he did, play the saxophone, but I couldn't blow a note, so he suggested the guitar. Chromatic harmonica was actually my first instrument, and I got very good at it - not quite Stevie Wonder, but very good.

Pete Townshend

GoodFatherDanceGuitarPlayFirst

I'm a great believer in not over-thinking lyrics. You might become technically better as a songwriter, but you lose what originally made your songs great.

Paul Stanley

GreatBetterYouLoseBecomeMade

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