Lincoln Steffens Quotes

You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

Lincoln Steffens

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 6, 1866 - August 9, 1936

Topics

MenYouAskOfficeHonestServe

When I was 18, I took a trip to Thailand with a friend. We stayed for a month. Bangkok was very raw for a teenager: there were no cellphones, no Internet, and the only music I had with me was this cassette by Liz Phair. I was writing a lot of poetry, and she embodied a talky style of songwriting that I found very accessible.

Jenny Lewis

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It's always a fantastic moment for me when someone wears one of our designs.

Jenny Packham

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So from a long time ago, every year 700,000 Mexicans have only three routes to take: migration, the informal economy and the path to antisocial behavior.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

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Nobody leaves a hotel without getting a full measure of three months of rental assistance. So no one has been evicted - no one who's eligible has been evicted from a hotel without getting a significant amount of money to find - to pay for their rent.

Michael Chertoff

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I have been blessed to win a number of awards and be involved in numerous historical baseball moments over my 20-year career with the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres.

Steve Garvey

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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

Sophocles

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I loved 'The O.C.' and I totally watch 'Gossip Girl,' too!

Spencer Grammer

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Obviously I ask my family and loved ones for advice here and there, but I kind of have a rule with the people I love that surround me - close family and close friends - that unless I ask for it, I don't really want advice thrown out.

Torrey DeVitto

FamilyLovePeopleMeLovedAdvice

Just staying together is not a real virtue, if you're not happy. Or you're being denied. Or one person is being squashed. Or you really don't love each other; you're just there out of habit. That doesn't work, no matter how many years you stay together.

Ruby Dee

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The first thing you do when you get out to center field is put up your finger and check the wind chill factor.

Mickey Rivers

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I taught myself how to play when I was about 13. I'm a lefty.

Jules Shear

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There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender... identity is performatively constituted by the very 'expressions' that are said to be its results.

Judith Butler

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