Dorothy Thompson Quotes

The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld.

Dorothy Thompson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 9, 1893 - January 30, 1961

Topics

FaithBetterOvercomeForceIdea

We should all know our family's story, all the more so if nobody tells it to us directly and we have to find it out for ourselves.

John Lanchester

FamilyStoryFindNobodyKnowMore

I am not graceful.

Analeigh Tipton

I AmGracefulAm

America, we need to pray and lead from our spirits and not our emotions - and definitely not with our weapons.

Alveda King

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When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with.

Sophie Marceau

StartYouFirstAlwaysFilmYour

On weekends, I sit in a lounge chair on my balcony. I love to be outside when the weather's right. I can stay there pretty much all day.

Sue Monk Kidd

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If Bush, as I believe, has reliable information on the fact that Saddam Hussein is making weapons of mass destruction, I cannot not support the policies of his government.

Steven Spielberg

GovernmentSupportBelieveI Believe

I did an imitation of him to make the crew laugh. To my shock, there was Cary Grant behind me. He got very angry. I was sent all the way from RKO to David Selznick's office and was told not to do it anymore. I thought to myself, 'I must have been pretty good to make him that angry.'

Shirley Temple

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At 17, I dreamed of seeing the world. At 19, I had been around the world and back.

Tony Curtis

WorldSeeingBackBeenAroundHad

I'm a creature of habit. I go to restaurants all the time and stuff.

Jason Schwartzman

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I just want to keep doing things completely different from the other. I just want to keep working with great people, great filmmakers and great actors and just building on that experience.

Christopher Egan

GreatExperiencePeopleBuilding

I was born in Boston, but then I went down to Virginia. We spent a little time in Maryland, and then were in Virginia by the time I was seven. What struck me the most was that my mother thought that she had gone to the middle of nowhere, and we would still drive four hours for her to get her hair cut in Washington, D.C.

Connie Britton

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Dogs really are perfect soldiers. They are brave and smart; they can smell through walls, see in the dark, and eat Army rations without complaint.

Susan Orlean

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