Richard Francis Burton Quotes

Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest.

Richard Francis Burton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: explorer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 19, 1821 - October 19, 1890

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How many thorns of human nature are bristling conceits, buds of promise grown sharp for want of congenial climate.

John Burroughs

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My household is, in a nice way, very busy.

Ann Brashares

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I was baptized alongside my mother when I was 8 years old. Since then, I have tried to walk a Christian life. And now that I'm getting older, I realized that I'm walking even closer with my God.

Andy Griffith

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I can't write; I don't think I'm even particularly good at telling a writer what's good or what's missing. So, actually having someone who can do that is a godsend.

Stephen Frears

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When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

Steffi Graf

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It was like fighting with the MPAA... to me it was like this is an R easy... but it was NC 17 over and over and even with this cut they were like, you are right on the edge buddy, one more thing and it's NC-17.

Rob Zombie

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I wrote a song a good long while ago, 'I Ain't Livin' Long Like This,' that has been around and been recorded by a lot of people, but it was basically childhood memory.

Rodney Crowell

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I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.

Julia Cameron

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Comedy is such a personal thing. Everybody can cry at the same thing, but it's a lot harder to get everyone to laugh at the same thing.

Colin Mochrie

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I could do nothing but Brooklyn shows for the rest of my career, and I could die ignorant.

Anthony Bourdain

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When I wanted to become a filmmaker, there was nobody for me to look up to.

Allison Anders

MeLookNobodyBecomeUpFilmmaker

Just as people behave to me, so do I behave to them. When I see that a person despises me and treats me with contempt, I can be as proud as any peacock.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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