William Gilmore Simms Quotes

Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy.

William Gilmore Simms

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 17, 1806 - June 11, 1870

Topics

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I hate to say it because I feel like it might be a jinx, but yes - knock on wood - I have never broken a bone.

Jennifer Carpenter

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I was born in New Jersey but grew up mostly in Florida. My dad died when I was 8.

John Joseph Adams

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I really think people should live to be 100 years old pretty much disease-free. I think that's our genetic potential.

John Mackey

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I've run for office, and I've stood on street corners, while people walked by me and didn't want to talk to me, and did not think I was a credible candidate. And then four years later, I was nearly elected mayor of San Francisco, so I know what it takes.

Matt Gonzalez

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Many people found 'Mattitude' absolutely delightful. As time went on, it was a constant evolution of change.

Matt Hardy

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I've just finished reading a book about the brilliant Margaret Rutherford. She wasn't a beauty, but inside she was absolutely blazing and passionate about her work. She's one of those life-affirming characters.

Sophie Thompson

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I have never met one person who likes Grand Funk.

Ritchie Blackmore

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Lil' Kim is my sister, known her for years, and I'll never turn my back on her, but there is enough room for everybody. I want to see everybody get it.

Missy Elliott

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I imagined my fantasy co-author would look like Miranda Kerr, but have the intellect and comedic timing of Liz Lemon.

Judy Greer

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The increasing legal pressure against archives has created anxieties among researchers, librarians, and journalists. They cite the need to protect sources who wish to make a record for posterity; procuring documents and interviews from those sources will be difficult if the fruits are only one subpoena away from disclosure.

Jonathan Zittrain

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I left my parents' home when I was 22, I moved to New York with my ex-girlfriend. We did a film together with Raul Julia.

Demian Bichir

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Onstage was where I felt the most confident and in control and free, and as I've gotten older, it's gotten more and more daunting. And I think that's also part of my desire to keep confronting that and pushing through to find that childlike or youthful ignorance against fear and keep at it.

Ari Graynor

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