William Lyon Mackenzie King Quotes

If I am outspoken of the dangers of intemperance to members of our armed forces, it is because we are all especially concerned for the welfare of those who are risking their lives in the cause of freedom.

William Lyon Mackenzie King

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: December 17, 1874 - July 22, 1950

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I started writing when I had three kids under the age of 4. I used to write every ten minutes I got to sit in front of a computer. Now, when I have more time, I function the same way: if it's writing time, I write.

Jodi Picoult

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A short story can be really interesting and enriching and powerful, but a novel just contains so much more information and richness and depth. That's what I strive for in my music. I want to create something that's like a longform statement.

St. Lucia

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My adoption was treated as a celebration.

Michael Reagan

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A president is always cosseted by his staff.

Monica Crowley

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I'm from the '60s, but no one has ever accused me of being a hippie. I never had much interest in the Woodstock crowd, which partied to change the world, while real people were starving to death in Africa.

Lloyd Kaufman

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The shows are so different from each other, depending on whether I play with my band, Nine Stories, other musicians, an orchestra, only one or two members of my band.

Lisa Loeb

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I started taking all these cooking classes. I learned a lot in them, but you think you're going to retain it, and you don't. Under the pressure, it's hard to retain everything.

Judy Gold

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What people want is not what some would call imaginative and often austere productions but very lavish productions which cast back into the auditorium an image of their affluence.

Jonathan Miller

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I've been a fan of electronic music since the beginning.

Jonathan Davis

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I lost dozens of pairs of expensive glasses because I'd put them down and then not be able to find them again.

Bonnie Tyler

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Trump's executive order on refugees, his endless petty feuds - with allies, with judges, with Arnold Schwarzenegger - his constant stream of up-is-down and down-is-up fabrications is outrageous.

Arianna Huffington

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Every Jew has the right to ascend onto the Temple Mount.

Ariel Sharon

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