Jane Porter Quotes

The mob is a sort of bear; while your ring is through its nose, it will even dance under your cudgel; but should the ring slip, and you lose your hold, the brute will turn and rend you.

Jane Porter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: 1776 - 1850

Topics

DanceYouLoseRingWillBear

I know that elections must be limited only to those who understand that the Arabs are the deadly enemy of the Jewish state, who would bring on us a slow Auschwitz - not with gas, but with knives and hatchets.

Meir Kahane

SlowEnemyKnowUnderstandJewish

I wrote 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' at the age of 30 under intense, unshared personal stress and in extreme privacy. As an intelligence officer in the guise of a junior diplomat at the British Embassy in Bonn, I was a secret to my colleagues, and much of the time to myself.

John le Carre

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Imitation is flattery, and The Hills Have Eyes is a classic.

Michael Berryman

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I remember putting mascara on when I was 13 for the first time and going to the shop to buy a chocolate bar. I felt so exposed. I remember wearing a bra for the first time and feeling very exposed by that.

Mia Goth

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Violet Chachki - I'm a huge fan of her work.

Alyssa Edwards

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After putting out songs with 26 million views on YouTube, your life changes a little bit. Suddenly everyone's like, 'Where's the album?'

Shura

LifeLife ChangesChangesYouTube

Why is it that here in the United States we have such difficulty even imagining a different sort of society from the one whose dysfunctions and inequalities trouble us so?

Tony Judt

SocietyTroubleWhyDifficultyHere

Kyrie Irving could use a little help.

Rob Portman

HelpLittleUseCouldLittle Help

A judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecasts, no hints, for that would show not only disregard for the specifics of the particular case, it would display disdain for the entire judicial process.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Men o' war were to be a part of the fabric of my life for the next half-century.

Lord Mountbatten

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There was a point in time where the thought of people even talking about me made me anxious. Physically.

Chris Ofili

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Four years into the life of my son, I realize I'm so in love with him and he's so in love with me that if I don't find that lifelong partner out there, it's okay.

Anthony Kiedis

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