Dorothy Thompson Quotes

Women have had the vote for over forty years and their organizations lobby in Washington for all sorts of causes; why, why, why don't they take up their own causes and obvious needs?

Dorothy Thompson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WomenVoteWashingtonWhyFortyOwn

There are repercussions to everything, even advancement and success. And I think that the repercussions to my success was the loss of my marriage.

Jill Scott

SuccessMarriageThinkLossEven

Every time I listen back to solos of mine I'll hear something I like and then another phrase that I can't stand. You have to live with what you play. And the recording medium puts that on us. When I play live gigs I don't think so much like that.

John Abercrombie

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You cannot find one single verse in the New Testament that calls for violence against non-believers. Jesus said to love your enemies. Muhammad said to butcher your enemies.

Robert Jeffress

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The British 'A Night to Remember' is so beautifully done and so well-constructed.

Robert Osborne

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'Ambulatory' is my favorite word to use because it never gets a laugh.

Andy Kindler

LaughNeverBecauseFavoriteWord

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

MyselfAimOthersWriteProjectOwn

Repeats are the absolute soul-crushing killers of the comics page.

Stephan Pastis

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I think it inhibits a guy's development when he's simply handed minutes and doesn't have to do anything to earn them, and thus, there's no reason to work harder or change the way you play.

Stan Van Gundy

WorkChangeThinkYouPlayWay

I have raised beds, perennial beds, cut flower beds. I have an island on a pond that's just covered in peonies. I have an herb garden, tons of vegetables, raspberries. I have everything. I'm a green guy.

Steve Zahn

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Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of.

Tom Holt

ChildhoodPoetryGrowOutNastyFew

The mortal enemies of Social Security and Medicare are those who, in contempt of the plain arithmetic, continue to mislead Americans that we should change nothing.

Mitch Daniels

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Yes, people need food and education. But one of the cornerstones of any society is a well-functioning legal system.

Cherie Blair

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