Dorothea Dix Quotes

I believe the best mode of aiding convicts is so to apportion their tasks in prison as to give to the industrious the opportunity of earning a sum for themselves by 'over-work.' A man usually values that most for which he has labored; he uses that most frugally which he has toiled hour by hour and day by day to acquire.

Dorothea Dix

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 4, 1802 - July 17, 1887

Topics

OpportunityBestDayManBelieve

Listening is not just hearing what someone tells you word for word. You have to listen with a heart. I don't want that to sound touchy-feely; it is not. It is very hard work.

Anna Deavere Smith

WorkHard WorkHeartListeningYou

It's hard to think of yourself as a loser at 2 years old.

Jeff Foxworthy

YourselfThinkLoserOldHardYears

Physical activity is considered a promising preventive measure against breast cancer - not only because it helps with weight control but because exercise tends to lower circulating estrogen levels.

Michael Greger

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As a native actor, you don't get that much chance to work in art, especially television.

Michael Horse

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I believe if you come out of a movie and the first thing you say is, 'The cinematography was beautiful,' it's a bad movie.

John Waters

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When I was younger, all I cared about was what people thought of me and my films. Now I care less about catering, hand-serving, hand-feeding the audience. I've gotten to the point now in my life where I'm serving myself.

Steven Spielberg

LifeMyselfPeopleMeThoughtCare

The battle of the euro is being fought right now in Spain and Italy. The future of the euro is at stake in the next weeks.

Luis de Guindos

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I've always considered myself a workaholic... The way I work, I have to turn myself upside down and hang myself by my ankles and wring myself out like a wet sweater, and I have to do that with other people, too, because I think that's where something good comes out.

Josh Homme

WorkGoodMyselfPeopleThinkDown

I started my career as an urban planner, working for the city, doing what I would call 'do-gooder' things, particularly for low-income neighborhoods.

Jorge M. Perez

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You must understand that seeing is believing, but also know that believing is seeing.

Denis Waitley

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Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performances.

Bruce Beresford

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Dressing rooms can be vicious places, in the best possible way, from a slagging point of view.

Brian O'Driscoll

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