Amelia Barr Quotes

Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.

Amelia Barr

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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FearSleepManagementPlaceEvents

In normal times, at the beginning of each month, the federal government makes a cash advance to the Social Security Trust Fund called the 'normalized tax transfer,' in an amount equal to the estimated payroll taxes for the coming month.

Jerome Powell

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What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with composers. I think that has driven everything I've done.

Robert Moog

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I think it's an impulse for human beings to want to suffer less, and we're kind of addicted to comfort at all costs - at least, I am.

Jeff Bridges

I AmThinkComfortWantKindHuman

For me, part of one my big movements is building authentic street environments for skateboarding.

Rob Dyrdek

MeBuildingStreetSkateboardingBig

In the case of the Democrats' 2009 budget request, the statement of need could not have been articulated any clearer: We need more spending, historic new tax hikes, and greater control over the way American families live their lives.

Roy Blunt

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The Wayne Education Building was the first classroom building that we have done on the Wayne campus.

Minoru Yamasaki

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I've never been one to tear the social fabric.

Judith Guest

NeverSocialFabricBeenTear

I play a Monk song, it's like you get possessed. And then you have to break that spell. You have to remind yourself that you are an individual, or that you aren't Thelonious Monk.

Jason Moran

YourselfSongYouPlayIndividual

Nature is more like a seesaw than a crystal, a never-ending conga line of bold moves and corrections.

Diane Ackerman

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I answer number one to myself, because I know myself. I answer to my fans, because they know me. My mother knows me and God knows me, and that's where it's at.

Dick Dale

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I was extraordinarily lucky. I wrote a book because I wanted to see if I could write a mystery. Someone nagged me into sending it to a contest, which it won, after which I was offered a two-book contract, thus requiring the writing of a second book.

Donna Leon

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Support women directors. When a play opens, and it's by a woman, put your money down.

Donna Lynne Champlin

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