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Jane Welsh Carlyle Quotes

I declare I would rather be a kitten and cry, 'Mew!' than live as I see many of my female acquaintances do, tearing each other's characters to pieces, and wearing out their lives in vanity and vexation of spirit.

Jane Welsh Carlyle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: scottish
Birth: January 14, 1801 - April 21, 1866

Topics

Live Vanity Cry Spirit See Out

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

John Adams

Fear Foundation Most Governments

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Jeff Duncan

People Me Speak Stand American Want

I am an American, steeped in American values. But I know on an emotional level what it means to be of the Chinese culture.

Amy Tan

Culture I Am American Values Know

There is nothing we can't do. So it's just the fact that we're doing topics like that that other people, especially network TV, won't touch, that we're satirists.

Trey Parker

People Doing Nothing Touch Just TV

I noticed that this defense attorney is a very, very intelligent man, and he's very cool and he's very knowledgeable, and I think that personally I'd like to have an attorney like him.

Tommy Bond

Man Cool Think Intelligent Him Like

If you're white, and you really want to help change things, why not start with yourself?

Michael Moore

Change Yourself Start Help You Want

I can't remember a time when I didn't write or make up stories, because it seemed to come with reading.

Lisa Tuttle

Time Reading Remember Write Up Come

We should never have any political or religious organization filter our news.

Jon Huntsman, Sr.

Organization Political News Never

The whole idea with acting is that you take some risks. And if you take some risks, you're really going to mess up sometimes. But it's not OK to mess up a movie; it's not OK to do that just so you can improve as an actor. But film-making takes a little bit of risk in every department.

Domhnall Gleeson

Risks You Acting Sometimes Actor Up

I'm interested in the lives of Americans for whom the ways this culture has tried to define itself - that is, self-esteem defined by material wealth - they have nothing to do with that.

Debra Granik

Culture Wealth Nothing Self-Esteem

I get tired of people trying to dog out the radio for not playing this or that. There are lots of people who like what they play - otherwise, they wouldn't play it.