Amelia Barr Quotes

That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life.

Amelia Barr

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 29, 1831 - March 10, 1919

Topics

LifeGreatDeathMistakeFallKings

I'm constantly learning with each new job, especially about people, which is important for playing characters.

Jodie Comer

LearningJobPeopleNewNew Job

Free lodging for military families with loved ones in the hospital is something all Americans can rally behind.

John Delaney

FreeLovedMilitaryHospitalBehind

I was the girl in the black leather jacket with the black fingernails, picked up after school by guys with loud cars and motorcycles. I carried straight-A grades, but I had a little trouble with rules. I tended to have a bit of an authority problem.

Melissa Marr

GirlSchoolBlackProblemRules

Male? Female? It's not always relevant to some people. They are who they are - they might not fit into a specific box.

Maxine Peake

PeopleSome PeopleAlwaysBoxWho

The invention of the iPod changes how you use music. Suddenly you have music everywhere.

Spike Jonze

MusicYouChangesInventionUseHow

When one's dead, one's dead... This squirrel will become earth all in his time. And still later on, there'll grow new trees from him, with new squirrels skipping about in them. Do you think that's so very sad?

Tove Jansson

SadTimeTreesThinkGrowYou

It was in that bubble after Vatican II when it seemed like the best time ever to grow up Catholic. It was a time when the church was so connected to the world.

Rob Sheffield

TimeBestWorldGrowChurchBubble

Part of the joy of music is listening to lots of different kinds of music and learning from it. Specifically for me, I like writing songs that move me, and what moves me are beautiful songs on the piano or the guitar and really, really heavy music.

Ryan Adams

LearningMusicBeautifulJoyMe

You don't have to know about 'Hippolytus' to listen to 'Tragedy.'

Julia Holter

YouTragedyKnowListenAbout

Investing in industries and technology for the 21st century generates high-skilled, high-wage jobs for industries of the future.

Jay Inslee

FutureTechnologyInvestingCentury

Playing music has always felt very natural. You know, you do try to do other things, and you do learn lessons that way, but, eventually - well... if your dad is a plumber, you become a plumber. It's the family business, and I felt like I was taking over the family business.

Dhani Harrison

FamilyBusinessMusicLearnYouWay

I want to make sure that no matter how long I go through this, I don't fall into the trap of changing and modifying how I do things that aren't a positive example. I want to remain somebody that the entire family can listen to or watch.

Clay Aiken

PositiveFamilyLongFallGoWant

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