Bruce Barton Quotes

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.

Bruce Barton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 5, 1886 - July 5, 1967

Topics

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We got a copy of the 'New Statesman' at my grammar school in Wigton, Cumbria, in the 1950s. It sat mint fresh every week on the library table, with two or three other bargain-offer magazines. The 'Statesman' came out of the unimaginable Great World. I started to read it then and have pegged along ever since.

Melvyn Bragg

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I like to do commercials that are more than just flogging a product. It needs to have something to say. It's always an opportunity for a director to say something substantial and interesting.

John Hillcoat

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I took it personal. I got slammed quite a bit.

Steve Carlton

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The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.

Simone Weil

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We did the two-year extension of Bush tax cuts in 2010. We negotiated the Budget Control Act in August of 2011 and the fiscal cliff deal at the end of 2012, which saved 99 percent of Americans from a tax increase.

Mitch McConnell

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A man's thinking goes on within his consciousness in a seclusion in comparison with which any physical seclusion is an exhibition to public view.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Ultimately what I end up writing about is helplessness and the flipside of that, empowerment.

Joss Whedon

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I know how many days in which I have just answered e-mail, had three phone calls and a two hour lunch. Poof, gone. They are not infrequent.

Joseph Epstein

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I don't feel uncomfortable in forbidding institutions, and work with, say, prisons or psychiatric institutions could be one of the things that evolve out of the Laureateship.

Chris Riddell

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An intellectual challenge presents itself? I am in bliss. Instantly, it brings forth the notion of triumph.

Philippe Petit

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As far as the type of movies I am offered is concerned, it's a mix. I have been offered both period films and the regular fare.

Pooja Hegde

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Sexuality and gender don't change anyone's performance on the court.

Sheryl Swoopes

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