Mercy Otis Warren Quotes

The extraordinary exertions of the colonies, in cooperation with British measures, against the French, in the late war, were acknowledged by the British parliament to be more than adequate to their ability.

Mercy Otis Warren

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: playwright
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 14, 1728 - October 19, 1814

Topics

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I've worked with producers who have told me to lose weight, and I'm not overweight, but they want you to look strange, anorexic, horrible. It's odd. It's like they are exerting a power over women, that they want them to look really frail.

Andie MacDowell

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The camera is my tool. Through it I give a reason to everything around me.

Andre Kertesz

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To survive, men and business and corporations must serve.

John Henry Patterson

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I try to make the best of everything.

Jean-Luc Bilodeau

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My employer was never at any time aware of anything in my past beyond the writing I did, because, frankly, it isn't relevant to the job I was asked to do, which was to be a reporter.

Jeff Gannon

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There's a great book about John Kennedy and his relationship to civil rights called 'The Bystander.' The title alone suggests that he did as little as possible, any minimal critical effort, to really facilitate civil rights in the White House.

Michael Eric Dyson

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Sculpture is like farming. If you just keep at it, you can get quite a lot done.

Ruth Asawa

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I was a married woman and I had a baby. I would have adored it, but I just couldn't do it because I'm a lady.

Ruth Warrick

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Rather than giving people an inflated view of themselves, we need to give them concrete reasons to feel good about themselves.

Martin Seligman

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The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms.

Michael Pollan

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I usually live in my own ignorant, pop-culture bubble, so I don't really know what people are doing.

Josh Thomas

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If you look at the Disney Villains, I think you'll find that they do have mass appeal in some way, and it usually has to do with a voice quality that also matches very well with the animation.

Jonathan Freeman

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