Shirley Jackson Quotes

I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm not too proud to ask the Best Western manager to give me a job. I have cleaned homes.

Shirley Jackson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 14, 1919 - August 8, 1965

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The Crime Victims Fund is distributed to service providers who assist millions of crime victims annually throughout our communities in a host of ways. It is paid for by fines levied on criminals, not taxpayers.

Jim Costa

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I call people by their initials when they're good buddies, and that's a kinda street thing, too - 'Here comes JF,' or, 'Here comes KC.' It's fun; it's intimate.

John Edgar Wideman

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The federal government was created to defend the United States, not to wage war upon it.

Robert Zubrin

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I like the sound of laughter. I was the guy in the group of friends that would always make the friends laugh. And everyone was like, 'You should do stand up,' so I gave it a shot, and ta-da! They were right.

Russell Peters

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A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.

Miguel de Cervantes

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The bond between the United States and Britain has always been strong. It has survived through war and peace, periods of prosperity and economic hardship.

Louis Susman

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Let me know myself; let others guess at me.

Joseph Hall

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Power is getting things done without having to demonstrate that you can bulldoze it through. I'm most effective when I've studied an issue, when I can make a credible argument, and then bring people along.

Donna Edwards

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He's thinking more with his heart than with his brain.

David Smith

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'Superbad' was my first movie, but I've been acting since I was seven.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

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Some in journalism consider themselves apart from and to some extent above the people they purport to serve.

Brit Hume

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You have to speak from a place where all is possible. When you speak from a place where there's limits, you've already set yourself up to fail.

Anthony Joshua

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