Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes

What is newest to one in foreign countries is not always the people, but their surroundings, and those same little details of life and circumstance which make no impression on a man in his own land until he returns to it after a prolonged absence, and then they stand out very sharply for a while.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 11, 1836 - March 19, 1907

Topics

LifeManPeopleStandDetailsLand

At 10, I was intrigued by surgery, I wanted to be a surgeon for a long time. I love doctor shows and surgery shows. Blood is not an issue for me. I even took pictures once of me getting my blood taken.

Jessica Biel

LoveTimeMeDoctorLongPictures

My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.

John Keats

ImaginationI AmMonkMonasteryAm

For the vast majority of Americans who work hard and play by the rules, paying the bills may be hard some months, but it's something we always do.

Ami Bera

WorkWork HardRulesPlayHardMay

In real life you are doomed if you believe in youth and money, but not here in Hollywood. Nothing is what it seems.

Amanda Eliasch

LifeMoneyYouthBelieveYouReal

Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years.

Stephen R. George

OverYearsJustPeriodActually

My dad is Japanese; he was an art director there. My mom is half-English, half-Argentinian. They met in Japan in the '70s. Her parents were diplomats posted there.

Sonoya Mizuno

ArtParentsMomDirectorHerJapan

In fact, I had previously helped train one of the FBI agents who searched my apartment.

Steven Hatfill

TrainApartmentFBIWhoFactAgents

Journalism was being whittled away by a Wall Street theory that profits can be maximized by minimizing the product.

Russell Baker

JournalismWallStreetProductBeing

Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest and more imaginative than they can be in any other part of their life.

Russell Banks

LifeWritingProcessBecomeMore

I have a classical music background. I studied violin and trumpet.

Johnny Flynn

MusicViolinTrumpetClassical Music

My spine healed incorrectly. There were long periods when I'd be perfectly all right, and then there were many other times when I wasn't, when my back would give out and throw me down to the floor amid waves of nauseating pain.

Dick York

PainMeWavesLongBackDown

The kids you turn your backs on when you take away their stories are the ones who lose, as well as you as a community of adults who may appear to fear their truths.

Chris Crutcher

FearCommunityYouLoseTurnMay

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