Robert Green Ingersoll Quotes

No writer must be measured by a word or paragraph. He is to be measured by his work - by the tendency, not of one line, but by the tendency of all.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 11, 1833 - July 21, 1899

Topics

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I didn't like the nervous tension of being a public person.

Andrew Denton

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If the government did a good job of publicizing this information, my products wouldn't sell.

Matthew Lesko

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That's what made me a man, having to fend for myself and being in a situation where there is no dad, no grandma, and no mom to help you. It changed the person that I am today.

Tory Lanez

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I'm developing the stuff all the time. There's a film in my head. I'm imagining a film.

Mike Leigh

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My dad was a real fun guy, and despite his personal problems, he was a great father. It wasn't easy, but he did a good job of raising my sister Mary and I all by himself.

Molly Shannon

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Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.

Lucan

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Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.

Judith Guest

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Modesty is not possible in performance in the Caribbean - and that's wonderful.

Derek Walcott

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Reimbursement is a major determinant of how medicine is practiced. When reimbursement changes, so do medical practice and medical education.

Dean Ornish

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People thought me a bit strange at first; a blond haired, blue-eyed Norwegian who sang Mexican folk songs, but I used it to my advantage and got a job. And so the music became my ticket to education.

David Soul

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For President Clinton, according to this discussion I had with him, Rwanda was a marginal problem.

Boutros Boutros-Ghali

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To me, it was shocking that a government of men could look with such extreme contempt on a movement that was asking nothing except such a simple little thing as the right to vote.

Alice Paul

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