Miranda Seymour Quotes

It's time that we gave our children what we owe them, which is a richer understanding of the past and of the importance of all that Germany has done for England and that England has done for Germany.

Miranda Seymour

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 8, 1948

Topics

ChildrenTimePastUnderstandingOwe

I live in the East Village, and occasionally people will recognize me there. When I'm in Williamsburg, I always get recognized. Midtown, not so much.

Andrew Rannells

LivePeopleMeVillageWillAlways

Part of life is to live it, and enjoy it, and seize the moments that you find particularly pleasing.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

LifeLiveEnjoyMomentsYouFind

Drawing was the only thing I was any good at in school, but I never dreamt I would, or even could, spend my life doing it.

Michael Foreman

LifeGoodSchoolMy LifeDrawing

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.

Truman Capote

MusicWordsMeWritingPleasure

Obama's endorsement of gay marriage is hardly as consequential as Johnson's legislative success on civil rights.

Robert Dallek

SuccessMarriageGayCivil Rights

Rather than do his job and agree to take responsible measures to get our government's finances in order, President Obama continues playing on the emotions and fears of the American people.

Tom Graves

JobGovernmentPeopleAmericanAgree

My mother never liked that I worked undercover. She always worried.

Ron Stallworth

MotherNeverSheAlwaysLiked

It began to really eat away with me that in the '60s the federal government, desiring to help poor moms who were dealing with deadbeat dads, decided, 'We'll help: we'll give a check for every child you can have out of wedlock.'

Louie Gohmert

GovernmentChildMeHelpYouPoor

Let me know myself; let others guess at me.

Joseph Hall

MyselfMeKnowOthersGuess

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Deepak Chopra

LifeMeasureDoneKindMoreHuman

When the world is in the midst of change, when adversity and opportunity are almost indistinguishable, this is the time for visionary leadership and when leaders need to look beyond the survival needs of those they're serving.

Chip Conley

LeadershipChangeAdversityTime

I think, probably, the place that I feel I most belong is a movie set. It doesn't matter where it is in the world or who I'm making the movie with; that's the closest thing that I've got to a sense of placement. So I guess acting was a way of finding a home, if that makes sense.

Anya Taylor-Joy

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