John Bright Quotes

I. cannot stoop to reply to the folly and the slander of every poor Tory partisan who assails me, and I should not have noticed you but for the fact that you are a member of the House of Commons.

John Bright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: November 16, 1811 - March 27, 1889

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I don't want the sort of funeral that everybody else has, but there is one hymn, a good Protestant hymn, and it is sung at all Protestant funerals, and I think I should have it sung at mine. It is called 'The Day Thou Gave Us Lord is Ended'.

Jennifer Johnston

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I'm aware families sit around the telly to watch 'Vera', which is making entertainment out of murder. But I don't enjoy reading about people's pain. I tend to put myself in that position, and it's not somewhere I want to be.

Ann Cleeves

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Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.

Truman Capote

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I'm not sure that it's possible to write a novel about people who don't transgress or stumble, people who don't surprise themselves with the things they do, people who can explain all their actions with perfect logical consistency. At least it's not possible for me to write that sort of novel.

Tom Perrotta

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Promoting a record on a major label is like running a minor military campaign.

Robyn Hitchcock

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As the Marine One helicopter lifts off from the White House, the Prowler team watches for snipers. The team also responds to any threat that may arise at the White House itself.

Ronald Kessler

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It is the rank and file - the average woman - for whom the world has opened up so astonishingly.

Mary Augusta Ward

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There is no day more joyful in my life than when I see all my family around me. That's the best it gets.

Mitt Romney

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I did grow up in a small town. I grew up in a lot of different places. But I consider my home to be Cleveland.

Alice Ripley

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My decision to come to Bell Telephone Laboratories immediately after obtaining my Ph.D. in 1936 was strongly influenced by the fact that my supervisor would be C. J. Davisson.

William Shockley

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I actually started out as a writer and then converted to illustration because I realised that there was a dearth of good illustrators in genre fiction, at least in Australia at that time.

Shaun Tan

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To add something to the world should be the question, not not adding something to the world.

Sheila Heti

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