Robert Purvis Quotes

I elect to stay on the soil of which I was born and on the plot of ground which I have fairly bought and honestly paid for. Don't advise me to leave, and don't add insult to injury by telling me it's for my own good; of that I am to be the judge.

Robert Purvis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 4, 1810 - April 15, 1898

Topics

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When I was a kid, I wanted to emulate Mel Blanc, who is arguably one of the most legendary voiceover recording artists of our time. I used to watch all the cartoons where he would voice Daffy, Elmer Fudd and Porky the Pig. I knew one day I wanted to do that.

Jesse McCartney

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There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.

Jean Giraudoux

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Great ideas are very much 'of the moment,' and endlessly mulling them over just takes up too much of your brain space and might block your next great idea. Act on it, give it away, or move on.

Michael Bastian

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I love listening to new stuff, at home in LA I always have the radio on to hear what is happening.

Tom Jones

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The Rwandan policy of putting the genocide behind them is incredibly effective in many ways. But it's also incredibly frightening to think that this nation is being asked put this mass slaughter behind them.

Dinaw Mengestu

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I've never been a much of a glamour girl.

Deborah Ann Woll

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I had a great experience working with Dynamite on Masks, and had just gotten started on a stint on The Shadow with them when they floated the idea of a Captain Action series. I've been a little obsessed with the character since I was first introduced to him in the pages of Amazing Heroes back in the early 1980s.

Chris Roberson

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I'll go back to comedy clubs when they get a real no-camera policy, the same way they did with smoking.

Chris Rock

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I consider myself much more of a blues singer now.

Boy George

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My goal is to be the best TV presenter, the best entertainer, the best singer. I still want to be the best dancer. I want to be the best at everything I do.

Anton du Beke

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The student who deceives himself into thinking that he is giving his life like an ascetic in the spirit of sacrifice for art, is the victim of a deplorable species of egotism.

Alma Gluck

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Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.

Pope John XXIII

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