Corita Kent Quotes

When someone drew a picture of Pope John wearing an Avis 'We try harder' button, those words no longer meant which car rental to patronize, and yet some of the overtones from its original meaning are there and make a contribution to the new situation.

Corita Kent

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 20, 1918 - September 18, 1986

Topics

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The School Energy Crisis Relief Act authorizes the Secretary of Energy to issue energy assistance grants to help the poorest school districts across the Nation offset these unexpected and challenging costs.

Joe Baca

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My mom used to say that if someone woke her up in the middle of the night and asked how old she was, she'd answer 27. Hearing her, I'd think, 'That's ridiculous; your job as my mom is to be old.'

Jennifer Egan

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Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.

John Donne

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Science is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion.

Stephen Hawking

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I would live with all of my sisters if I could. We've always been very close, my sisters and me.

Tom Cruise

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Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on.

River Phoenix

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This may sound strange, but at a very early age, at around 3, I was aware that I was smarter than the other kids.

Lois Lowry

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Laws that impinge your constitutionally protected right to earn an honest living must not be preposterous.

Don Willett

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I have a lot of downtime in airports and on flights.

Dolph Ziggler

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If I'd married someone in show business, there'd be too much competition.

Dolly Parton

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Music always lived with me, like a family tradition.

Desiigner

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I may be wrong in that, but not I think in putting the questions. In our modern democracy the government needs not a unanimous but a general support for war before it orders our forces to fight.

Douglas Hurd

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