Dorothea Dix Quotes

What child has ever known the country and has not twined hundreds of fragrant wreaths with the yellow shining cowslip and the more frail and delicate violet - mingling here and there green leaves culled from the odorous eglantine, or, as we more commonly call it, sweetbriar.

Dorothea Dix

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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And the inner dynamics of Hollywood are like politics. Say you give a script to a group of executives - they all sit around, afraid to voice an opinion, saying nothing, waiting to know what the consensus is. Just like focus groups, opinion polls or a cabinet.

Joe Eszterhas

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I knew that the Mets had never had a no-hitter. I never had one. This is very special. I knew this means a lot to New York.

Johan Santana

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My first attempt at a kiss was in fifth grade, but it didn't go so well. Later, I used Boyz II Men and Jodeci songs to come on to girls. I had more success.

John Legend

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Even the biggest coal boosters have long admitted that coal is a dying industry - the fight has always been over how fast and how hard the industry will fall.

Jeff Goodell

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All I will say is that I'm playing a lot of different roles that, to be honest, are more interesting and demanding than any I've played before.

Sophie Marceau

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What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.

Robert E. Lee

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I cannot believe how fine I am with being bald.

Robin Roberts

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Arkansas, the state Bill Clinton loves and that loves him back, is a place with just no pretension at all.

Molly Ivins

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When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying is there is too much reality in life.

Joyce Carol Oates

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People all the time say to me, 'You look just like Don Lemon,' and I would go, 'I hear that all the time! 'And after a moment, I would go, 'I am Don Lemon!'

Don Lemon

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You can't make movies without known names, and unknowns can't become known, because they can't get work.

Debra Granik

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When we are angry with someone, we empower the person we hate the most in that moment to make us stressed out or even sick. That's not smart.

Dean Ornish

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