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Richard Jefferies Quotes

Give me power of soul, so that I may actually effect by its will that which I strive for.

Richard Jefferies

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: english
Birth: November 6, 1848 - August 14, 1887

Topics

Power Soul Me Will Strive May

I had very good support from Democrats and Republicans all throughout my administration. I had a very high batting average. We added more jobs per year in my four years than any other president since the Second World War.

Good War Support World Year High

I'm not sitting dwelling about the past or stressing or fretting about something in the future.

Jennifer Aniston

Future Past Sitting Something About

I never set out to be rich and famous. I wanted to follow my own path.

Path Rich Famous My Own Follow Out

When I heard Edward Snowden's story, it reminded me of my mother in a strange way. She was in the French resistance from early on, 1941. At that time, the Resistance were considered troublemakers - even traitors - in France.

Jean-Michel Jarre

Mother Time Me Story Early Strange

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

Stephen Hawking

Change People Road Look Nothing

You could be a woman in Alabama who's a conservative Christian, or you could be a total crunchy-granola woman in Seattle and 20 years old, and both of you would watch Oprah.

Woman Christian You Conservative Old

The U.S. has to realize it's got so much going for it. Let's just get ourselves to come together as a team - one team running the country, helping that country to get itself back on stable footing, which then cascades to the rest of the world.

Mary Callahan Erdoes

Together Team World Rest Back Going

My job is to have new ideas and take risks every day, so I'm always looking forward to the next thing being done or making the next thing that I haven't yet gotten to. That's sort of the constant in my life.

Life Day Job Risks Looking Forward

Ridding the world of poverty is, of course, a fantasy.

World Poverty Fantasy Course

As far as writing, I like watching bad movies. Nothing stops me in my tracks more than watching a great film like 'The Godfather' or 'Dog Day Afternoon' or 'The Graduate.' You watch one of those, and you never want to write again. Whereas with bad movies, it makes you think, If that counts, I certainly could write.

Dog Great Day Me Writing Think

As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids.

American You Right Just Far Kids

Broadcast radio was entering its own golden age during the Depression, with live programming on stations all through the day. Local stations needed singers, musicians, announcers, and whipcord personalities, along with Christian clergy to give prayers and pundits to speak on world affairs.

Douglas Brinkley

Live Age Depression Day World Speak

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