Leigh Hunt Quotes

It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with satisfaction when we are old.

Leigh Hunt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 19, 1784 - August 28, 1859

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My early prose style - this is so embarrassing - was sort of a suburban, Presbyterian knockoff of Woody Allen.

John Hughes

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CINTAA has no right say I am unprofessional.

Shilpa Shinde

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I used to be the voice of Virgin Atlantic in America, and some people only know me for that.

Roger Rees

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I agree that we must expand opportunities for retirement saving, but we must not undermine this worthy effort with a flawed privatization scheme that takes the 'security' out of Social Security.

Mary Landrieu

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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.

Michel de Montaigne

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Fame is a constant effort.

Jules Renard

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An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the London telephone directory sound enthralling.

Donald Sinden

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But I think that's a particular kind of experience involving a certain immediacy between you and the canvass, you and the particular kind of experience of that particular moment.

Donald Judd

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If you're writing about angry people, you use the language of anger. If you're writing about desperate people, you use the language of desperation.

Chris Crutcher

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The Copernican revolution brought about by Kant was, I think, the most important single turning point in the history of philosophy.

Bryan Magee

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I feel that gender balance in the work environment is actually the best recipe for success.

Anne Wojcicki

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I feel so good after a workout. Any time you can be alone with yourself is really important.

Shay Mitchell

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