Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quotes

How disappointment tracks the steps of hope.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 14, 1802 - October 15, 1838

Topics

HopeDisappointmentStepsTracksHow

It is heroic to prepare for war with a tyrant power. Patriots will always win the admiration of mankind for daring to meet the bloodshed of battle for their country's liberty. But the patriot who is willing to go to that sacrifice will be the first to condemn the aimless and secret shedding of blood in time of peace.

John Boyle O'Reilly

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People fall in love for mysterious reasons.

Jeff Bridges

LovePeopleFallMysteriousReasons

It's hard to understand the films that you're in, because you never truly get to see them.

Topher Grace

YouUnderstandNeverHardSeeGet

All my life, I faced sexism and racism and then, when I hit 40, ageism.

Rita Moreno

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The brain is plastic its whole life span.

Maryanne Wolf

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I always tell people that I'll sound exactly like Alanis Morissette after I've had more boyfriends. I'll be just as anguished-sounding.

Michelle Branch

PeopleMoreSoundAlwaysTellJust

I do portraits. I usually do live models in a class environment, but I've been painting at home more. I really love the human form, and I love faces. I've tried to do landscapes a few times.

Michelle Pfeiffer

LoveHomeLivePaintingEnvironment

We're always on the search for a novel or a source or an existing screenplay, or writing something ourselves that turns us on. But because films cost a lot of money to make and a huge amount of effort to get the people to rally, you have to really like it; you can't just semi-like it. Getting to 'really like' is the part that takes the minute.

Debra Granik

MoneyEffortPeopleWritingSearch

From a design perspective, the U.S. has always been a great source of inspiration for me.

Brunello Cucinelli

GreatPerspectiveMeDesignAlways

Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune's darlings.

Wislawa Szymborska

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My plans never progressed as far as a clear desire for a family.

Pope Benedict XVI

FamilyDesirePlansNeverClearFar

I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Those who want to come and help are welcome. Those who come to interfere and destroy are not.

Paul Wolfowitz

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