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Shirley Temple Quotes

The U.N. acts as the world's conscience, and over eighty-five percent of the work that is done by the United Nations is in the social, economic, educational and cultural fields.

Shirley Temple

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: April 23, 1928 - February 10, 2014

Topics

Work World Done Over Conscience

I'm not an economist, but I have spent time around thousands of small-business owners and investors, and I remain skeptical - despite the best intentions of the Fed - that even lower interest rates can make a meaningful dent in our unemployment problem.

John Delaney

Time Best Problem Intentions Even

When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble.

John Crowe Ransom

Style Waiting Critics Same Poets

I started a student organization that was basically designed to connect students with homeless folks. We visited them and sometimes brought food, but mostly we were there for swapping stories.

Matthew Desmond

Food Homeless Organization Student

If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.

John Wooden

Positive Mistakes Doing You Anything

The vocal cords are a muscle, and like any other muscle in the body, they can be strained. So you have to warm up.

Sondra Radvanovsky

Warm You Body Muscle Up Like

I find it very easy to be alone. I'm a writer, for heaven's sakes!

Simon Mawer

Alone Easy Find Heaven Writer Very

I put all my big revelations into songs when I was in my 20s; as you get older, revelations are harder to come by.

Lou Barlow

You Big Get Come Older Songs

For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.

Lou Holtz

Life Victory Goal Heaven Focused

When we put the pen to paper, we articulate things in our life that we may have felt vague about. Before you write about something, somebody says, 'How do you feel?' and you say, 'Oh, I feel okay.' Then you write about it, and you discover you don't feel okay.

Julia Cameron

Life Feel You Pen Say Okay

We spend 364 days a year surrounded by people who kind of are our family, but we never really get to meet them or break through with them.

Josh Gordon

Family People Year Kind Meet Never

The change we seek for our nation is not the choice of an individual but must be the calling of a country.

Cory Booker

Change Choice Country Nation Seek

I like to write in all different genres. I just like a new challenge.

Alison McGhee

Challenge New Write Different Just