Mary Boykin Chesnut Quotes

I do not write often now - not for want of something to say, but from a loathing of all I see and hear. Why dwell upon it?

Mary Boykin Chesnut

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 31, 1823 - November 22, 1886

Topics

NowSayWantDwellWhySee

In order to build anything from factories to schools to hospitals, one must jump through a series of regulatory hoops, giving EPA veto power over any major projects.

Jim Inhofe

PowerGivingJumpBuildAnything

Where's your will to be weird?

Jim Morrison

WeirdWillYour

As a state legislator, I had worked with Republicans and Democrats to pass a number of bills, including some related to higher education and juvenile justice; I'd created what would become San Antonio's largest book drive and literacy campaign.

Joaquin Castro

EducationJusticeDriveBookBecome

I know so many amazing actors who don't get work... and then there are a bunch of real duds that work all the time. The industry is just not fair in that way.

Jenna Fischer

WorkTimeAmazingKnowWayFair

I think it's common sense to say that the longer away from a crime it gets prosecuted, the less deterrent effect there is.

Jed S. Rakoff

ThinkCommon SenseSayCrimeSense

There is this power that comes with being famous.

Rod Stewart

PowerFamousBeing FamousBeing

A Latino actor can't play this and a Latino actor can't play that because they're Latino.

Roberto Aguire

PlayActorLatinoBecause

I have to constantly keep pushing myself.

Mikaela Shiffrin

MyselfKeepPushingConstantly

I've never had any fear in my entire career.

Jose Aldo

FearCareerNeverAnyHadEntire

Bob Dylan has always sealed his decisions with the unexplainable. His motives for withholding the release of the magnificent 'Basement Tapes' will be as forever obscure as Brian Wilson's reasons for the destruction of the tapes for 'Smile.'

Jon Landau

SmileDecisionsWillAlwaysObscure

Between the record companies being the way they are and the fact that people can just download one song instead of buying a whole album, it's hard to make a good living nowadays.

Dimebag Darrell

GoodPeopleSongLivingWayHard

You know, I stumble about what I'm going to do. I don't plan. I've never had ambitions.

Bryan Brown

PlanYouKnowNeverStumbleGoing

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