Richard Harding Davis Quotes

Tonight I am going to take a party to the headquarters of the fire department, where I have a cinch on the captain, a very nice fellow, who is unusually grateful for something I wrote about him and his men. They are going to do the Still Alarm act for me.

Richard Harding Davis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 18, 1864 - April 11, 1916

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GratefulFireMenI AmMeParty

Most people call me Mercy. I like it.

Mercedes McCambridge

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I invested in Uber in 2011 when it was only in San Francisco.

Troy Carter

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Although I always said that I wanted to be a writer from childhood, I hadn't actually done much about it until I came to London.

Tracy Chevalier

ChildhoodSaidDoneLondonAlways

So much value has been lost in the housing market that people are now buying. If there's any activity in the housing market, it's because values have plummeted to such depths that the 47% can now afford to live in a government-purchased house, or something like that.

Rush Limbaugh

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A blunt statement can be as false as any other.

Mason Cooley

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I don't mock things, which makes me more vulnerable to mockery myself. If you're cynical, you're protected from mockery. But I have to be nice. I don't think I have irony. A sense of humour, yes, but not irony.

Michel Gondry

MyselfMeThinkYouBe NiceNice

I see the world from the perspective of a 5'8" person, not someone who is 6'4". so naturally, I'm going to choose certain lens heights over and again... Sometimes nature makes choices for you.

Michael Mann

NaturePerspectiveWorldChoicesYou

The directing is something that is incredibly satisfying to me and challenging to me because it's asking me to draw on everything I've been able to absorb over all these years of acting and having all this set experience.

Jason Bateman

ExperienceMeActingOverAsking

I think the minority students that we admit to Harvard are every bit as meritorious as the white students that we admit.

Derek Bok

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Most pundits regard an election year session as an opportunity for the two parties to frame issues and garner political advantage in advance of the approaching election.

Bob Ehrlich

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You know what's the worst part about being an actress? It's the pressure to look gorgeous all the time and to behave perfectly. But I'm not perfect; nobody is.

Preity Zinta

TimeNot PerfectPressureYouLook

I have, alas, only one illusion left, and that is the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Sydney Smith

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