Tom Glazer Quotes

When I was in Philadelphia during the Depression in 1930 or '31, I got a very sad job as a night watchman in a garage. The cars in the garage had been abandoned by their owners, since they had lost their jobs and couldn't keep up the payments.

Tom Glazer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 2, 1914 - February 21, 2003

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Everything I have is for sale. Material items are just things that pass through your hands that mean very little or nothing.

John Mellencamp

HandsNothingMeanEverythingLittle

Every family has that secret. Every family has that thing where you go, 'Shhh, shhh, shhh.'

Jeffrey Tambor

FamilyYouGoSecretWhereEvery

When the blood of thousands of Americans is shed, the impact lingers. For a generation after the Civil War, the Republican injunction to 'vote as you shot' kept the party dominant for decades; from 1868 to 1912, only one Democrat - Grover Cleveland - won the White House.

Jeff Greenfield

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Recording shows for later viewing is what TV types call 'time-shifting.' It's a beguiling idea.

Steve Rushin

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Our brains are way, way more complex than any computer we know how to make. They're way more creative. The input's pretty good, but the output is constrained by our tongues and jaws moving and us typing.

Mary Lou Jepsen

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I'm healthy now. I probably wouldn't say I'm at my best fitness level and I haven't played that much lately, but I'm healthy and that's all that matters.

Mary Pierce

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Why would anyone walk through life satisfied with the light from the candle of their own understanding when, by reaching out to our Heavenly Father, they could experience the bright sun of spiritual knowledge that would expand their minds with wisdom and fill their souls with joy?

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

LifeFatherWisdomKnowledgeLight

I think with the proliferation of mobile devices and then, eventually, the Internet of Things, we literally have supercomputers in our pockets and supercomputers that will hang on telephone poles and in light bulbs.

Peter Levine

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Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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It sounds funny, but the 2008 Olympics were something that just kind of happened, and I was lucky they came at a point when I was uninjured and well prepared. As a gymnast, you can't ask for much more.

Shawn Johnson

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I don't think you should do things in your personal life differently because you're a role model.

Shannen Doherty

LifeThinkYouRole ModelPersonal

I have my belief structure, and it's very important to me, but people start associating that with you, and you become that. I want to be judged for my work.

Kevin Rahm

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