John Burroughs Quotes

The trunk of a tree is like a community where only one generation at a time is engaged in active business, the great mass of the population being retired and adding solidity and permanence to the social organism.

John Burroughs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 3, 1837 - March 29, 1921

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Things were so unpredictable in Comey's first meeting with President-elect Trump, the former FBI director immediately took notes in his car after the interaction.

John Dickerson

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I love to know why things work.

Ann Makosinski

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I need to maintain my performance levels high for many seasons. I hope I can do that.

Mohamed Salah

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My challenge is to win titles and trophies with Real Madrid.

Luka Modric

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I do like pop music. It's that certain thing that it gives you: the adrenaline rush, that instant gratification.

Lorelei Linklater

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My husband and I were born three weeks apart, and our plan had always been to throw a joint party for our 40th birthdays.

Deborah Copaken Kogan

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Certainly the attrition rate of Hollywood couples looms large.

Brad Pitt

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I just wanted to be a songwriter. I did really not like the sound of my own voice.

Aurora

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I've been really, really blessed. I got to perform on stage with Bob Dylan. I've gotten to sing with Mick Jagger.

Sheryl Crow

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We are often told we can't have brains and beauty, and I really hope that my message is that you can put on that red lip and curl your hair and put on that power dress - you don't have to sacrifice one for the other.

Tyra Banks

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At the ballet classes I took when I first came to New York, I would see great dancers like Cynthia Gregory and Lupe Serrano. I would look at them and study what they could do, and what I couldn't do. And then I'd think maybe they should try what I could do.

Twyla Tharp

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That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not.

Thomas Paine

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