Jenkin Lloyd Jones Quotes

My father was a prosperous hatter-farmer - making hats for the local markets during the winter months, tilling his little ten-acre farm during the summer time.

Jenkin Lloyd Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 14, 1843 - September 12, 1918

Topics

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For a boy of ten, used to the coal bings and rust-coloured burns of Cowdenbeath, the fields and woodland of Kingswood, with its overgrown but stately avenue of copper-barked sequoias, felt like a local version of paradise.

John Burnside

ParadiseBoyFieldsUsedCoalLike

Every time I'm on the court, every time a fan cheers for me, I just want to go out and make a play for them to cheer even more.

Joel Embiid

TimeMePlayGoWantMore

God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner.

Joel Osteen

GodWinnerYouWants

They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something.

Michael Crichton

ThinkFocusedNeverSomethingShould

We know that dismantling old oppressive regimes is a great deal faster and easier than building new flourishing democracies. Chinggis Khaan once said, 'It was easier to conquer the world on horseback than to dismount and govern.' True validation of democracy lies less in what we tear down, and more in what we build.

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

GreatDemocracyWorldBuildingDown

I'm ambitious but I'm not particularly competitive. I'll try to get roles, as I think it's healthy to go for things, but... I think there's too much competition between women already. It's important to have female solidarity and support each other and other actresses.

Rose Byrne

WomenCompetitionSupportThinkGo

After a song comes out, it doesn't remain yours.

Mohit Chauhan

SongOutYoursAfterRemain

Little girls are taught to be dependent, incapable of valuing themselves in many aspects of their daily lives.

Josefina Vazquez Mota

DailyLittle GirlsLittleDependent

I don't necessarily think that having more money helps make you make a better film. Sometimes having less money is better. You're forced into being more original; you're forced into hearing something versus seeing it.

Doug Liman

MoneyThinkBetterYouSeeingMore

You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them all these things, and they will not complain so long as they feel that they have something to die for.

Christopher Dawson

WorkGoodFoodMenDieYou

The Gaslight Anthem is very streamlined. We don't usually use organs and strings and things like that.

Brian Fallon

ThingsStringsLikeUseOrgansVery

My dad is just like everybody else's dad. I see him as kind of a goofy guy with a great sense of humor. I try to get in a battle of wits with him, but he always gets me. I emulate him because I've never seen anyone work as hard as he does.

Peter Uihlein

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