William Lyon Phelps Quotes

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

William Lyon Phelps

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 2, 1865 - August 21, 1943

Topics

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I was always the mediator.

Jennifer Aniston

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Writers don't retire. I will always be a writer.

Andy Rooney

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Conservatives may worship Adam Smith's 'invisible hand,' but for Obama, the helping hand comes in large measure from the public, not the private sector. To call this 'socialism' is to do violence to the word and to the concept. To call it 'un-American' is a smear.

Jeff Greenfield

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I really think that studying theater early on really helped me to be able to identify how to get into a character, because it's such a mysterious thing. Learning objective acting in the beginning of my career was the best thing I could have ever done.

Sufe Bradshaw

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People live too much of their lives on email or the Internet or text messages these days. We're losing all of our communication skills.

Tracy Morgan

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I would say, A, you can't really teach anyone how to write good characters, because it's something you have to teach yourself or already have innately in you as a storyteller, and, B, coming up with a good screenplay is a very, very small fraction of what it takes to be a good screenwriter.

Robert Ben Garant

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We must enforce the laws we have on the books, secure our borders, and deny special benefits to illegal immigrants such as in-state tuition rates. This approach is best for American citizens and is fair to those who have taken the time and effort to go through the legal immigration process.

Ron DeSantis

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Quite a few musicians came to our house. And my ma took me to hear many more, hoping to encourage in me a love of music. But she wouldn't consent to my having music lessons, for she feared I might end up as she had done - unable to play except from paper.

Mary Lou Williams

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We are so vocal about what we hate.

Josh Radnor

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When everybody's looking at you, it does your head in. When you're always on the inside, sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees.

Dolores O'Riordan

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Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe.

Anne Bronte

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TV deals in very broad strokes. Like, 'Oh, that's my dumb friend', or, 'That's my funny friend.' A true best friend, a sidekick, has to be a little deeper then that. You have to feel like there's nothing either character won't do. That someone really, really has their back.

Willie Garson

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