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Phillips Brooks Quotes

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

Phillips Brooks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: clergyman
Nationality: american
Birth: December 13, 1835 - January 23, 1893

Topics

Inspirational Flower Happiness Duty

I've done both theatre and film and the fact is if you start believing, if you start reading things and they're good reviews - you believe that and you're lost, and then you read bad reviews and you think that's true and you read that and you're lost.

Good Theatre Start Believe Reading

I wasn't allowed to watch regular television when I was growing up, only PBS, so I watched 'Masterpiece Theatre' and a lot of Jane Austen. I loved stories where the girl is attracted to a man and it looks like it's not going to work out.

Jennifer Coolidge

Work Girl Man Growing Up Theatre

Chicago is a city built on architecture, and there are plenty of buildings to scale.

Architecture City Buildings Chicago

Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod.

Gardening Lucky She Her Against Did

The war on terrorism has made national security a legitimate concern, and a rising deficit, changes brought on by globalization and even the price of oil have thrown the nation's economic health into question.

Health War Globalization Security

With a modest amount of looks and talent, and more than a modicum of serendipity, I've managed to stretch my 15 minutes of fame into 50 years of good fortune.

Good Talent Looks Fame More Years

Anybody who has been discriminated against, who comes from a group that's been discriminated against, knows what it's like.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Group Against Been Who Like Knows

I could always escape into this demi-monde of homosexuality, which I feel really indebted to. It stopped me being a 'mummy's boy.'

Rufus Wainwright

Me Feel Escape Boy Always Being

Now we are in a situation in which for a significant part of the industrial world too much could become a danger, especially too much of the things which are really not good for us in such large quantities.

Good World Situation Too Much Become

Faith which does not doubt is dead faith.

Miguel de Unamuno

Faith Doubt Dead Which Does

I crave sugar, but I try to get sugar from fruit as opposed to getting it from candy, cakes, or bread. Sometimes I slip, and I'll have a piece of chocolate, but dark chocolate is better than milk.

Fruit Chocolate Better Dark Sugar

Yes, it's a very difficult thing to do, to promote a record, do television shows, and to still want to remain private, it's really quite difficult to explain to people what you're trying to do. I mean I'd actually quite like to be a recluse, but you know, you've got to promote the record as well.

People Trying You Television Know

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