William Hepworth Thompson Quotes

What time he can spare from the adornment of his person he devotes to the neglect of his duties.

William Hepworth Thompson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 27, 1810 - October 1, 1886

Topics

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So I think that we're in a very heightened and somewhat unusual period of politics and polling around the countries that New Zealanders take close interest in.

Jim Bolger

PoliticsThinkNewTakeInterest

There was no doubt that in the early and mid-eighties that many of us in broadsheet newspapers felt that we still had a responsibility to try to protect the Royal Family or if you like protect the Monarchy from the assaults of the media.

Max Hastings

FamilyResponsibilityMediaYouTry

Football is an extraordinarily popular sport, and the whole game is played around this issue. The whole makeup of the game involves these subconcussive hits. I don't know how they're going to solve that problem. I don't think they know how they're going to solve that problem.

Ann McKee

LoveFootballAmazingMeGameSkill

The rise of China as a new power is another great challenge for the US. Our failure to properly handle Germany and Japan earlier in the 20th century cost us and the world dearly. We must not make this same mistake with China.

Steve Forbes

FailurePowerGreatChallengeWorld

On the same bill and on the same side of it there should not be two charges for the same thing.

Stephen Leacock

TwoSameSideSame ThingShould

I actually think it's harder to play vulnerability, because you're having to delve deeper into portions of your own psyche, what it is that makes you human.

Ron Perlman

ThinkYouPlayVulnerabilityHuman

My parents always kept us in the house. We weren't allowed to spend the night at other people's houses. We were sheltered kids.

Jon Jones

ParentsPeopleNightHouseAlways

It can be hard in this business, especially when you're very young, to figure out who you can and can't trust.

Christina Aguilera

BusinessTrustYouYoungHardOut

You are always damned by things that you do well as an actor.

Christine Baranski

YouActorAlwaysThingsWell

My family and I have been the target of constant harassment and death threats, and I have been called the most vile and hateful names imaginable.

Christine Blasey Ford

FamilyDeathTargetNamesHarassment

A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together.

Jane Smiley

LoveTogetherStoryThreeLove Story

The novel is a thing of irony and ambiguity. That's at the heart of 'J', a world that has stopped arguing with itself. We have to keep our equilibrium of hate, which is argument. But on the Internet, you find a unanimity of response, and in 'J,' there's a fear of that, that discourse becomes a statement of political or ideological belief.

Howard Jacobson

FearHeartHateWorldPoliticalYou

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