Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes

Everywhere on the Continent, the tourist is looked upon as a bird to be plucked, and presently the bird himself feebly comes to regard plucking as his proper destiny and abjectly holds out his wing so long as there is a feather left on it.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I'm a defender of the Second Amendment to the Constitution.

Joe Manchin

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If you eliminate the junk food, you don't really run the risk of gaining weight if you've got a good workout routine.

Joe Bastianich

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Every night, whisper 'peace' in your husband's ear.

Andrei A. Gromyko

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I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.

Andrew Jackson

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I went into rehab to save my marriage, but I wound up saving myself.

Michael Douglas

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As an economics undergraduate, I also worked on a part-time basis in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for a company that was advising customers about portfolio decisions, writing reports.

Merton Miller

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How my son discovered vegetables was from growing them in the garden.

Michael Pollan

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'Mulan' holds a very special place in my heart. It's been 16 years since the film, but hordes of fans still come up and tell me how much she means to them.

Ming-Na Wen

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To make the public sentiment, on the side of all that is just and true and noble, is the highest use of life.

Lucy Stone

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My mother is old-fashioned; she raised us like girls from a 19th-century book. My sisters and I are known for being the most polite girls in France. My mother wanted us to be like royalty: never ever will you be caught being rude, or superficial or being a star or whatever.

Lou Doillon

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When a battle for suffrage is conducted, it should only be conducted according to socialist principles, and therefore with the demand of universal suffrage for women and men.

Clara Zetkin

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When the nation can act freely, then China may be called strong. To make the nation free, we must each sacrifice his freedom.

Sun Yat-sen

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