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Robin G. Collingwood Quotes

Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood.

Robin G. Collingwood

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: english
Birth: February 22, 1889 - 1943

Topics

Purpose Intention Desire Will Object

Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life.

John Betjeman

Life Poetry People Me World Luxury

Most animals are built to withstand one bad year.

John Hunter

Year Bad Animals Most Built

Say the average arena is 20,000 people. You're in the very center of that arena, and you're playing to the worst seat in the house up there. So everything is very big, very large. It's like a very violent form of Broadway in a 20x20 ring.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

People You House Say Ring Worst

There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work.

Robert De Niro

Work Discipline Way Anarchy Certain

There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Life Fear Bad Dangerous Nothing

If I had gone to drama school, I wouldn't be sitting here now because it would have blanded me out; it would have just turned me into another actor.

Peter Capaldi

School Me Drama Now Sitting Actor

I'm thankful for not ever taking anything illegal.

Pedro Martinez

Thankful Anything Taking Ever

I've always liked to learn how to do things - I'm a hobby person. So I'll learn something at a beginner's level, then usually move on to the next thing.

Sharon Van Etten

Learn Hobby Person Move On Always

I got my first tennis racket on my seventh birthday. And because we had a tennis court in our backyard, I played every day. By ten I was playing competitively.

Tullian Tchividjian

Birthday Day Every Day Tennis First

At 7, I was at the barre and dancing at folk festivals. Then I was a student with the ballet school of the Metropolitan Opera.

Maria Karnilova

School Festivals Student Dancing

I love the idea of marriage. I definitely want marriage and little Kellans running around.

Kellan Lutz

Love Marriage Want Little Idea

Science Fiction will never run out of things to wonder about until the human race ceases to use its brain.

Julian May

Science Brain Wonder Run Will Never