John Erskine Quotes

Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without information.

John Erskine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 5, 1879 - June 2, 1951

Topics

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Watching 'Girls,' it was really angering for me at first, because I really had spent decades hiding unlikable, unattractive Jewish girls in likable, attractive, non-Jewish actors and characters.

Jill Soloway

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I love the description of Gothic churches before the printed word, that they were the bibles of the poor.

John McGahern

LovePoorGothicWordChurchesWere

I so desperately hate to end these movies that the first thing I do when I'm done is write another one. Then I don't feel sad about having to leave and everybody going away.

John Hughes

SadHateEndFeelDoneMovies

A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular advantage.

Robert McNamara

WritingMoreJudgmentPencilWithout

So, what we do as individuals matters. It adds up.

Maurice Strong

MattersUpIndividualsAdds

You have actors you've worked with previously, and you have actors you haven't worked with that you've seen in things where you know they can work in these parts. And then there are actors who blow you away, who surprise you.

Jeff Nichols

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There were no examples of girls like myself becoming successful actresses. To be an actress in England was a serious, upper-middle class girl's profession. I just thought I would never be accepted unless I pretended to become somebody I wasn't.

Tracey Ullman

GirlMyselfThoughtSeriousBecome

I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle. It wasn't mine.

Rita Rudner

ClassMuscleOutGotBecauseMine

I had no fear of speaking to large audiences.

Mitch Kapor

FearNo FearSpeakingLargeHad

Unless you work in HR, it's not your responsibility to necessarily police and monitor workplace conversation.

Judy Smith

WorkResponsibilityPoliceYouYour

The people who have recently come to this country to work and better their lives should be given the same opportunities that our parents, grandparents, and ancestors were given.

Jose Serrano

WorkParentsPeopleOpportunities

I was a great student. I was good at everything.

Donald Trump

GoodGreatStudentEverything

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