Shmuel Yosef Agnon Quotes

Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him with each drop of milk he has drunk.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: ukrainian
  • Birth: July 17, 1888 - February 17, 1970

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A plump, well-fed stream is as satisfying to behold as a well-fed animal or a thrifty tree. One source of charm in the English landscape is the full, placid stream the season through; no desiccated watercourses will you see there, nor any feeble, decrepit brooks, hardly able to get over the ground.

John Burroughs

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The first step in good reporting is good snooping.

Matt Drudge

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America, thankfully, is not an easy nation to commandeer.

Anand Giridharadas

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I was raised on a little farm about 12 miles out of Portsmouth, Ohio.

Roy Rogers

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Mostly I do Iyengar. I like anything that's hard enough to make me cry in class. I like to be pushed over my limit and broken down a little bit.

Lucy Alibar

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The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.

Jose Manuel Barroso

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The people no longer has confidence in its former protectors, now its exploiters and executioners. The masks have fallen.

Jose Rizal

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I got hooked on immersive cinema when I worked on '2001,' which was initially shown on these Cinerama screens, which were all 90 feet wide and deeply curved.

Douglas Trumbull

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I think women are usually a little bit nervous about wearing white denim.

Brad Goreski

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Death is an absolute marvel.

William Shatner

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You want to empower people who think like you do.

Pete Gallego

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When I was growing up, my favorite movie was 'Somewhere in Time' with Christopher Reeve, which is a hugely romantic, sappy movie. I couldn't understand it when the guy didn't get the girl or the girl didn't get the guy in love stories. I was definitely a sap.

Scott Michael Foster

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