John Crowe Ransom Quotes

He can develop sense and style, in the manner of distinguished modern prose, in which event he may be sure that the result will not fall into any objective form.

John Crowe Ransom

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 30, 1888 - July 3, 1974

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I considered a lot of different jobs as a kid. I thought about becoming a priest or a lawyer. My father had a big linen-supply business and I considered working for him. What dawned on me was: 'If I'm an actor, I get to do the fun parts of every job!' Without having to go to four years of law school.

John C. Reilly

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I never thought to ever ask for money. I was so stupid.

Anna Nicole Smith

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Employees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always tax-deductible.

Andy Warhol

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Getting the government to put money into social programs run by religious institutions is a practice that started during the Clinton years, when Bill Clinton advocated the AmeriCorps program.

Tony Campolo

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For many, 'desire' is a bad word, something we're supposed to 'give up for God.' That kind of thinking can be really destructive because it teaches people to deny their hearts, their true selves.

Rob Bell

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The first run or match with The Shield always stands out to me - our matches, our wars.

Luke Harper

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I always struggled with the idea of forgiving my enemies.

Joyner Lucas

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I've occasionally been wrong about certain things, which is in a way more delightful than being right.

Jaron Lanier

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I think the history of the world suggests if one studies the Romans, and one studies the early Greeks, and one studies the history of the world, they all eventually falter if they don't come back to the basic aspect of integrity and honor and feelings of love one for another.

Jon Huntsman, Sr.

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I've given up coffee, made diet changes.

Boy George

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I think any time you hear that you're about to paralyze yourself, or even worse, it's just scary because you start to realize how precious life is.

Nikki Bella

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Isn't it funny that God takes you and puts you through the unendurable, and then, at the moment you have just begun to understand it and have some wisdom, it ends?

Richard Dreyfuss

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