Joseph Jacobs Quotes

Every place but that in which one is born is equally strange and wondrous. Once beyond the bounds of the city walls, and none knows what may happen. We have stepped forth into the Land of Faerie, but at least we are in the open air.

Joseph Jacobs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: australian
  • Birth: August 29, 1854 - January 30, 1916

Topics

WallsCityBornPlaceStrangeLand

There is a great deal of busywork to a writer's life, as to a professor's life, a great deal of work that matters only in that, if you don't do it, your desk becomes very full of papers. So, there is a lot of letter answering and a certain amount of speaking, though I try to keep that at a minimum.

John Updike

LifeWorkGreatYouDeskTry

If you represent a fantasy for the people who actually go to the cinema, they grab that and go with it; therefore, for the rest of their lives, they actually identify you with a certain thinking - a certain philosophy. There are many actors who want to pursue that same thought in real life as well, and that's perfectly acceptable.

Amitabh Bachchan

LifePeopleRestThinkingThought

Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling products I didn't believe in.

River Phoenix

MeBelieveSellingProductsPhony

New country music comprises about five percent of what I hear per year. I enjoy it, but I don't really take note of who's singing it or writing it.

Rivers Cuomo

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I became involved in a residential school for the blind in Raleigh - the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh.

Ronnie Milsap

SchoolBlindInvolvedGovernor

It's hard to spend years at a time working in total solitude with no reality-check.

Russell Banks

TimeSolitudeHardYearsWorking

In '74 it was really a very gloomy atmosphere, I would say, to put it mildly.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

SayGloomyAtmosphereWouldVery

You can't have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable. If students are not going to hear controversial ideas on college campuses, they're not going to hear them in America. I believe it's part of their education.

Donna Shalala

EducationCollegeIdeasFreeBelieve

I have two children. They are more fun than anything in the world, and it's more immediate fun than the hard slog of writing.

Denise Mina

ChildrenFunWritingWorldHardTwo

I'm known among my friends for saying things I probably shouldn't sometimes, but I have to get things out in the air.

Dawn French

SayingFriendsSometimesAirOut

Originally a stylist took terrible dresses and did everything she could to make them wonderful. Now, you create an image. It's much more specialized.

China Machado

YouCreateNowDressesSheImage

It's always flattering when somebody you really respect and like wants you to be involved in their project - let alone writes a part with your voice in mind.

Chris Messina

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