Alice Morse Earle Quotes

The first meeting-houses were often built in the valleys, in the meadow lands; for the dwelling-houses must be clustered around them, since the colonists were ordered by law to build their new homes within half a mile of the meeting-house.

Alice Morse Earle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 27, 1851 - February 16, 1911

Topics

LawNewBuildFirstWithinHalf

With acting, you have to just tell the truth in each moment.

Jodie Comer

TruthMomentYouActingTellJust

Remember when Japan was cool? We used to run around with 'Mr. Roboto' on our Walkmans, 'The Karate Kid' in our Betamaxes and wore T-shirts embossed with the characters for 'storm sewer' and 'dishwasher.'

Jen Lancaster

StormCoolRememberRunKidUsed

Me and my friend Ioan Gruffudd are like chalk and cheese when it comes to clothes. He lives for his clothes and has an amazing wardrobe. If we're going out I'll turn up at his house and say, 'I haven't got anything to wear,' and he'll tut and sigh and then lend me something swanky.

Matthew Rhys

FriendAmazingMeClothesHouseSay

My father was one of the first six guys ashore on Iwo Jima. He's 86 years old now, and every single night of his life, he has nightmares, and he wakes yelling.

Jeff Lindsay

LifeFatherNightNowFirstSingle

Once I engage in something, I really engage in it, and I love the process of reading and researching because I come from an academic background.

Michael Hirst

LoveReadingProcessEngageAcademic

We will go forward... we will never go back.

Michael Bloomberg

ForwardBackGoWillNever

I am afraid that, like Timon of Athens, I just cannot let go of my friendships.

Spike Milligan

I AmGoAfraidLet GoAthensJust

The only club I have ever belonged to is the James Bond fan club. Member since 1979.

Michael Weatherly

BondClubOnlyFanMemberEver

Work that mobilizes you 24 hours per day and makes you responsible to all of the people in the country is worth propelling yourself through jetlag and uncomfortable news for.

Dmitry Medvedev

WorkDayYourselfPeopleWorthYou

There is no dramatic difference in happiness on the part of people who are wealthy.

Deborah Norville

HappinessPeopleDifferenceDramatic

The relationship with my people, the Nigerian people, is very good. My relationship with the rulers has always been problematic.

Chinua Achebe

GoodRelationshipPeopleAlwaysBeen

In 'Expendables 2,' there was a lot of vulgar dialogue in the screenplay. For this reason, many young people wouldn't be able to watch this. But I don't play in movies like this. Due to that, I said, 'I won't be a part of that if the hardcore language is not erased.'

Chuck Norris

PeopleLanguagePlayYoungMovies

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