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Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: scottish
Birth: November 13, 1850 - December 3, 1894

Topics

Tree Ancestors Top Own His Each

I could hear music playing in the background of works by certain authors, like Poe and Shakespeare. And I discovered Nikki Giovanni when I was in eighth grade. Her writing has a musical energy with pulse and rhythm, almost like jazz or hip-hop.

Music Writing Energy Jazz Hip-Hop

I also take pleasure in the so-called negative power in Grotjahn's work. That is, I love his paintings for what they are not. Unlike much art of the past decade, Grotjahn isn't simply working from a prescribed checklist of academically acceptable, curator-approved 'isms' and twists.

Work Love Power Art Past Negative

We have had a great depression in agriculture, caused mainly by several seasons of bad harvests, and some of our traders have suffered much from a too rapid extension in prosperous years.

Great Depression Great Depression Bad

As with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the rocks more than I have studied them.

Nature Loved Rocks More Phases Than

I think I was a pretty selfish athlete.

Selfish Think Athlete Pretty I Think

I've been amazed at how quickly people can heal themselves, actually.

People Been How Amazed Actually

The idea that children are passive repositories to be shaped by their parents has been massively overstated. A child's peer group is a far greater determinant of its development and achievements than parental aspiration.

Children Child Parents Group Peer

People have a lot of different beliefs, and at the end of the day, we all have deeply held beliefs that probably don't make sense to anyone else.

Day People End Of The Day End Sense

I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the '50s and '60s. The seed of my interest was planted when I was about 12 years old and took over my mother's Morris Minor. I drove it around my father's farm. But my favorite car is still a McLaren F1, which I have had for 10 years.

Father Mother Car Seed Racing Enjoy

Home is where I climb out of my mecha-suit-of-a-poised-persona and power down.

Home Power Climb Down Out Where

It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment.

Love Marriage Respect Time Moment

The second purchase was my ranch, Mockingbird Hill. The third purchase was Longhorn cattle.

Hill Cattle Ranch Second Third

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