Angelina Grimke Quotes

I have not placed reading before praying because I regard it more important, but because, in order to pray aright, we must understand what we are praying for.

Angelina Grimke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 21, 1805 - October 26, 1879

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Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.

John Tillotson

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I am an enthusiastic participant in a church, but I have never been particularly concerned with denominational identity.

Stanley Hauerwas

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I'm not a frugal person, but I find it difficult to be extravagant materially.

Rob Halford

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I speak Urdu quite a lot, too, and I read a lot of Persian.

Juan Cole

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When I'm doing an appearance somewhere and taking questions from the audience, I can always count on: 'Tell about the guy who died on your show!'

Dick Cavett

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In Greek mythology, the hero wants to be great, but the very concept does not exist in the Indian vocabulary. Yet it has become the global template. And it's a template that won't fit in India.

Devdutt Pattanaik

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Everywhere I go, people ask me about Jennifer Aniston's wedding. Everywhere I go. I always say to her, I'm like, 'Being friends with you is a burden. You think it's hard to be friends with me?'

Chelsea Handler

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The short answer is, yes, I think I have become a better singer.

Boz Scaggs

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I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.

Antonio Villaraigosa

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Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds.

Arundhati Roy

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Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.

Arthur Miller

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There would always be scripts that came along that I turned down, like Gang Member #5 - roles that were just stereotypes.

Winston Duke

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