James M. Barrie Quotes

Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.

James M. Barrie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: playwright
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: May 9, 1860 - June 19, 1937

Topics

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I didn't get hurt in the contest. I hurt it the next day.

Jimmy Piersall

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To me, it wasn't 'Star Wars' that shaped me; it was more 'Mary Tyler Moore' and, nowadays, 'Louie' and 'Girls.'

Jill Soloway

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I have spent far too many years trying to make everybody like me. It's not possible. People can say or think what they want.

Jeremy Jackson

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I would say I was always very ambitious and goal-oriented, but rather than being just a go-getter hustler, now I surrender a lot more and I trust my path a lot more.

Jenna Dewan

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I wouldn't look pretty as a woman.

Michael Cimino

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All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene.

Meryl Streep

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In my first 15 or 20 years of authorship, I was almost never asked to give a speech or an interview. The written work was supposed to speak for itself, and to sell itself, sometimes even without the author's photograph on the back flap.

John Updike

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Denver has smart and energetic crowds that appreciate good comedy and don't take themselves too seriously.

Ron Funches

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I never thought, in my lifetime, that you'd be able to watch movies, read books and listen to music from a phone, but I guess the technology of tomorrow is here today.

Dolly Parton

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I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.

Dean Acheson

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I feel like a little kid who just walked into a candy store. I think that's something to smile about.

Brandon Boyd

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I've been very physical my whole life. I've done a lot of ballet, fencing and karate, and everything.

Ashley Bell

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