Dorothea Dix Quotes

Think how slow would be your progress in learning without printed books: you could study only manuscripts, and those necessarily must be very few in number. Learn from this to value your books, and always handle them with care.

Dorothea Dix

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LearningProgressValueThinkSlow

I try to use my music to move these people to act.

Jimi Hendrix

MusicPeopleTryActMoveUse

I want to know diverse facts about such things as galaxies or molecules or proteins or insect species. I have an impulse to want to know the little details, which are usually of no significance to non-specialists. I own a dissection microscope, and if there is an insect in the house, I sometimes catch it and look at it under the microscope.

Robert J. Shiller

FactsDetailsLookHouseSometimes

I'm becoming more and more apolitical - I think the most revolutionary thing you can do is just live your life and have a good time. Before they scoop you up on the street or you die.

Meshell Ndegeocello

LifeGoodLiveTimeThinkDie

Mystery makes movie stars! If you see someone on the cover of the weeklies all the time, why would you want to pay to see them in a movie?

Sophia Bush

StarsTimeSomeoneMysteryYouWant

I'm perfectly flawed... I've got tons of flaws.

Rob Lowe

FlawsGotFlawedTonsPerfectly

My first professional acting job was on 'Boss'. My first acting job was basically my first acting class. I had to show up on set prepared and knowing my lines. Also, I got a chance to work with a living legend, Kelsey Grammar - that gave me hands on experience.

Rotimi

WorkExperienceJobBossMeChance

My employees, there's no deductible in your health care. No deductible, absolutely not. You get paid sick days, as many as you need, personal days.

Michael Moore

HealthSickCareEmployeesYouNeed

Since we didn't use guns, we wanted to make sure we could earn the ability to win the audience over by making it believable. A lot of what you do when you work out in that mode is use your mental energy.

Lucy Liu

WorkWinEnergyYouAbilityEarn

I always lived with guitarists. When they would leave, I would just pick up their acoustic guitars and start doing finger picking and write.

Lou Doillon

StartDoingWriteAlwaysLeaveUp

Women always want to be what they're not: If you're the pretty girl, you want to be the quirky girl. If you're the smart girl, you want to be the pretty girl.

Jordana Brewster

WomenGirlSmartYouWantQuirky

I love the new technology. New things give you a reason to want to go to the studio. New challenges mean you have to keep up, you know?

Dr. Dre

LoveTechnologyNew ThingsChallenges

Fear is destructive. Fear and creativity don't mix. Ultimately, it doesn't do you any good.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

GoodFearCreativityYouMixAny

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