Mark Twain Quotes

A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.

Mark Twain

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910

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I started out trying to play more straight-ahead jazz. I went to Berklee in the early '60s when it was a brand new school, and so there was no fusion music. There wasn't a lot of mixing together of different kinds of music at that time, so jazz was kind of pure jazz.

John Abercrombie

MusicTimeTogetherSchoolBrand

All the records I've made have pretty much been big club turntable records. You need to feel the rhythm.

Jermaine Dupri

FeelYouNeedRhythmClubBig

My mother once said to me, 'You must promise to be happy; it is the greatest favour you can do to others'. It has guided me throughout my life.

Stephane Hessel

LifeMotherHappyMeBe HappyYou

Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.

Robert Trout

TodayLearnYouNeverEmpirePress

It's important I deliver a great show and a good time.

Miranda Lambert

GoodGreatTimeImportantGood Time

Remember to be as smart as you are.

Judd Nelson

IntelligenceSmartRememberYou

What you hear mostly people gripe about adaptations is, 'They took out this scene,' or, 'They had to condense these characters.' I understand why they have to do that. But if you had a favorite character, and now they've been melded together with another one, it's disappointing.

Jay Asher

CharacterTogetherPeopleYouWhy

Animals interest me more than anything else.

Douglas Brinkley

MeAnimalsMoreAnythingInterest

It used to bug me that I couldn't even afford to take my family for a proper holiday. I didn't have any professional knowledge, and getting a photographer's job in a magazine was out of the question. So, armed with a Pentax K1000, I started going to various maidans of Mumbai, looking for subjects.

Boman Irani

FamilyKnowledgeJobMeLooking

What breaks my heart is suffering of any kind. Too often, our world is divisive and cruel where it needs to be uniting and loving.

Alicia Keys

HeartSufferingWorldLovingKind

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

William Shakespeare

ChildThanToothThanklessSerpent

A garden is to be a world unto itself, it had better make room for the darker shades of feeling as well as the sunny ones.

William Kent

WorldBetterFeelingGardenSunny

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