Thomas Hardy Quotes

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

Thomas Hardy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 2, 1840 - January 11, 1928

Topics

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I don't eat any junk food.

Jinder Mahal

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I really love stand-up. I'm more than happy to do it for nothing. I've come to America to do it for nothing. It's the American Dream: Work for free.

John Oliver

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Only where there is sentient life can there be feelings of pleasure and pain, sorrow or joy.

Max Heindel

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The music business is the most childish business in the world. Nobody knows what they're selling or why, but they sell it if it works.

Jeff Buckley

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I was delighted when Booktrust asked me to be chair of judges for the Booktrust Teenage Prize 2010.

Tony Bradman

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The challenge is moving fast and staying great. You have to keep the bar high. There's only one way you can evolve the brand and perception, which is to deliver. You just gotta lay it down.

Roy Price

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I'd rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book.

Mohsin Hamid

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Think about a seed. Once it lands, it's stuck. It can't move to find better soil, moisture or sunlight. It's able to create every part of itself to grow and reproduce with the help of air, water and sun.

David Suzuki

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My band is so dedicated, everybody works very hard. The No. 1 priority is the show, and it's pretty cool because we all pull together, and it's fun. It's like being on a sports team or something.

Bob Seger

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One of my worst fears is being a self-indulgent person.

Winona Ryder

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All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism.

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

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This is an age where you could put anything on YouTube; people can make films on their own.

Susan Kelechi Watson

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