Shelby Foote Quotes

I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite usual with writers, their trying their hand at poetry.

Shelby Foote

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 17, 1916 - June 27, 2005

Topics

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My first job was as an assistant in the local library. Self-fulfilling prophecy?

Jodi Picoult

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America must be the moral leader. It is not enough to have power. Power must be used to protect freedom and give all people hope for the opportunity to see the fruit of their own labor.

Jesse Helms

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When I was in high school, people would ask me what I wanted to do, and I would always say I wanted to 'lead marches and give speeches.'

Michael Tubbs

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I was given an enormous amount of love by my parents.

Liza Minnelli

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In the case of Bosnia, studies showed that turning to religion was a consequence of post-war depression and dissatisfaction.

Jasmila Zbanic

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The beauty of football is that it's about 11, and another five, at least, are sitting outside. You cannot get competitive.

Diego Luna

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All I could think of was we were about to start filming for the last final weeks of the TV show and here I am in the hospital, so I missed the final weeks, and a couple days later, sore stomach and all I got on the horse we started filming.

David Selby

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I was one of those people who just flitted about in life. I had no plans and no sense of direction.

Anton du Beke

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Without any doubt, I'm convinced that Hillary Clinton represents less individuality, flexibility for the states, a weaker national defense. And you know, for all those reasons, we ought to get behind Donald Trump.

Asa Hutchinson

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It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.

Pierre de Fermat

PowerImpossibleTwoGreaterSum

You're going to find England, unfortunately, is a place where you get a lot of jealous, envious, you know, negative people. That's how it is.

Philip Green

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People are always giving you credit for really wanting to say more than you said.

Shel Silverstein

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