Mary Wortley Montagu Quotes

Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked; therefore whoever would argue or laugh it out of the world without giving some equivalent for it ought to be treated as a common enemy.

Mary Wortley Montagu

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 26, 1689 - August 21, 1762

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I've always been very happy. I've always been easy going and I've always been very encouraging; it's just my personality.

Joel Osteen

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I always try to sleep for at least eight hours a night and, of course, water, water, water!

Jennifer Aniston

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Once I was able to take care of myself and my children, I then wanted to share.

Robert Mondavi

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There's this intense media spotlight; there's a need to be transparent, and, 'Oh, by the way, I'm also trying to fight a war at the same time.' It's a challenge, but it goes with the job.

Stanley A. McChrystal

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I think it's important to cultivate as many people as you can to see which ones you jive with. And it makes you happy. If one dies, you have another one. So living is a process that you have to do by yourself, and if you can learn a few little goodies along the way that might make it easier for you, so much the better.

Johnny Mathis

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I try as hard as I can to push myself. I try to create as much as I can. I try to grow on a daily basis.

Coy Bowles

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I came to Hollywood and within a decade I was one of the biggest action stars of all time.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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My parents were missionaries - I was born in the States but I grew up in Brazil.

Arto Lindsay

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Nothing's funnier to me than laughing at myself.

Phil McGraw

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It is time we had a defense budget that lives within its means, accounts for what is truly required in Iraq and provides the best possible support for all our troops.

Pete Stark

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Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.

Tim Berners-Lee

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For my wife Mary Corliss and me, 'Colbert' has been destination viewing. Even in the early years, we never took the show's excellence for granted, agreeing that someday we'd look back on the double whammy of 'The Daily Show' and 'The Colbert Report' as the golden age of TV's singeing singing satire.

Richard Corliss

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