Arthur Middleton Quotes

The task of a priest, in some respects, may be different today, but the principles upon which Herbert built his life as a priest are of universal application.

Arthur Middleton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 26, 1742 - January 1, 1787

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LifeTodayBe DifferentPrinciples

I teach in M.F.A. programs now, and I think that's a great way to become a novelist, but I mourn that Pete Dexter and Joan Didion's route is maybe less likely because there are fewer of those jobs. I always liken it to playing piano in some great dive jazz bar. You didn't pick the songs, you played what people asked for, but you got your chops.

Jess Walter

GreatPeopleThinkYouJazzBecome

You never know how much you can do in practice because you never know if you're going to play or not, but the main thing is stay ready.

Anderson Varejao

PracticeYouReadyPlayKnowNever

Steichen bought my first photographs that I ever sold. He recognized the style from the school of Black Mountain. After that, it was about twenty years before I sold another photograph.

Robert Rauschenberg

StyleMountainSchoolBlackFirst

Certain gorillas are more evolved than certain human beings I know.

Andy Serkis

KnowMoreHumanHuman BeingsThan

When I was a young man, I worked at the Boys and Girls Club in St. Louis, Missouri, and another boys club called Matthews-Dickey.

Sterling K. Brown

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Once a month the sky falls on my head, I come to and I see another movie I want to make.

Steven Spielberg

SkyWantSeeMonthHeadI See

I'm proud to be a railway modeler. It means more to me to be on the cover of Model Railroader than to be on the cover of a music magazine.

Rod Stewart

MusicMeProudMoreRailwayMeans

I think I've done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records.

Rufus Wainwright

JobThinkDoneWantPrettySell

Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader.

Marty Meehan

LeadershipLeaderMoralViceHigh

The rocky time came right after I left school. I spent a lot of time at night navigating the streets of Paris trying to find something to eat.

Djimon Hounsou

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Violence is part of everybody's life, whether you like or express it or not. My work utilises all the energies that I have, and part of it is violent, and I'd rather it be out than in.

Cornelia Parker

LifeWorkViolenceYouOutRather

My son, who's on the spectrum is a very rigid thinker. He needs clear-cut definitions of right and wrong. Anything hazy or gray confuses him. For instance, if I try to get him to see that a friend behaved badly, he'll often get upset with me because a friend is a 'good guy' by definition, in his book.

Claire Scovell LaZebnik

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