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Ruth Benedict Quotes

A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: June 5, 1887 - September 17, 1948

Topics

Gratitude Job Man Virtue Begins He

One of the biggest gaps in sports is the difference between the winning and losing teams of the Super Bowl. They don't invite the losing team to the White House. They don't have parades for them. They don't throw confetti on them.

Sports Losing Team Winning House

Andrew Johnson was a Southerner generally who proclaimed that his native state of Tennessee was a country for white men.

Stephen Ambrose

Men White Country Tennessee Who His

I can't explain something I saw on holiday on Holy Island when I was about nine years old, but do you know what, it could have been my PE teacher dressed in a monk's habit. I have no idea. I'm not a ghost person... it doesn't mean there aren't unexplained things; I just don't think they're ghosts.

Tom Goodman-Hill

Teacher Habit Think You Holiday

I thought that if one wanted to be a writer, one had to write novels because I didn't know that one could be a poet.

Robin Coste Lewis

Thought Know Write Poet Because Had

All the politicians in Uganda play to their fundamentalist benefactors in America because of the flow of money.

Roger Ross Williams

Money America Play Flow Politicians

To me, fighting is special because that's what I enjoy to do. Every fight is a memory to me.

Fight Memory Me Fighting Enjoy

President Obama has not only failed to uphold several of our nation's laws, he has vowed to continue to do so in order to enact his unpopular agenda.

President Nation Order Laws Continue

The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I don't see why they can't engage with Iran.

Mohamed ElBaradei

Why Engage See North Korea North

People love scandal; people love drama. They love stripping away the layers to see what's really in there, and they'll do anything - as well as make it up - to get it.

Love People Drama See Up Anything

I've always been massively aware of clothing.

Jonathan Anderson

Always Clothing Aware Been Massively

I woke up one morning with this song in my head, and the opening line of the song is, 'My name was Richard Nixon, only now I'm a girl.'

Girl Morning Song Name Now Opening

Like many authors, I caught the writing bug during my teenage years. I don't remember the exact day or year, but I remember that reading S.E. Hinton's 'The Outsiders' sparked my interest in writing.

Day Writing Reading Remember Year

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