Judith Wright Quotes

Soft addictions are an alluring, seductive aspect of our culture - they are easy to attain and socially acceptable, they are even encouraged in many cases. Yet they are lethal to the spirit.

Judith Wright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: australian
  • Birth: May 31, 1915 - June 26, 2000

Topics

CultureEasySpiritSoftEvenOur

Designers have a reputation for setting the tone for what people - and especially women - are supposed to wear. How long their skirts should be, things like that. I have a different philosophy: put something out there with humour; let people see that and come around to it on their own.

Jeremy Scott

WomenPeopleReputationPhilosophy

For the most part, yeah, I'm happy with my body, but there are days when I'm like, 'Ugh! Really? Why is it so hard to fit into my jeans?' That's when I say to myself, 'I look this way because I'm supposed to. If we all looked the same, we'd be boring.'

Jennifer Love Hewitt

MyselfHappyBodyLookSayBoring

If I do a bit on stage, I prepare too much. Those bits are all really, really carefully written, and overwritten, and researched. I really don't feel like I can wing it. So I write it out word for word, and when I'm onstage I'll improvise around it.

Andy Daly

FeelI CanToo MuchWriteStageOut

The rock era, as I clock it, went from '65 to '94, from 'Like a Rolling Stone' to Kurt Cobain's death.

Steven Van Zandt

DeathStoneRockClockRollingEra

There is a universality to comedy.

Simon Pegg

ComedyUniversality

I get Twitter, and think it's a great way to keep it in touch, but I don't do it a lot. I hate reading when people tweet about what you're eating or who they are out with, but it's a nice way to keep in touch with people.

Tristan MacManus

GreatHatePeopleEatingReading

But always I regarded myself as one who was born in Jerusalem.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

MyselfBornAlwaysJerusalemWho

The power of the American system of republicanism lies in its capacity to allow religious belief to be a competing, not a controlling, factor in American life.

Jon Meacham

LifePowerAmericanBeliefSystem

Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary.

David Suzuki

PriceSayTaxesThroughEconomists

When I'm home, I like to plan out all of my workout routines and all of my eating for the whole week.

Christen Press

HomeEatingPlanWeekOutWhole

I'm convinced that promoting sport is an intelligent way of educating our children.

Shakira

ChildrenIntelligentWayConvinced

Sometimes I'll go down a path, and I'll just pray that something's going to come to get me out of this path that I'm on.

Tim Meadows

PathMeDownGoSometimesOut

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