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James Mansfield Quotes

The air of England has long been too pure for a slave, and every man is free who breathes it.

James Mansfield

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: lawyer
Nationality: british
Birth: 1733 - 1821

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Man Free Long Air Pure Slave

If there were rankings for press conferences, I wouldn't have to worry about dropping out of the top five, I hope.

Hope Worry Top Out Five Press

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.

John W. Gardner

Life Excellence Man Survive Free

Your life is not defined by the one place where you work.

Life Work You Place Where Your

Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else does the hard part for you. They write it for you, then the director tells you what to do. You really just need to know how to pay attention, follow instructions.

Michael Shannon

Music Think Someone Attention Acting

As a fiction writer, all I need is a laptop, and when I'm not teaching, I travel as much as I can, applying for every research grant and overseas gig I hear of, then trying to extend those trips as far as the stipends will go. I love to travel alone.

Love Alone Travel Research Trying

My childhood was very beautiful in some ways and very disturbing in others.

Beautiful Childhood Others Some Very

My father's family was mostly obliterated in the Holocaust, and I grew up very much with the sense that the central moral and political question is how do we prevent these things from happening again.

Joshua Oppenheimer

Family Father Political Holocaust Up

When I take a black-and-white portrait, it's not particularly meant to please you. It's meant to talk to you; it's meant to shame you. It's meant to scream out at you, and it has a message.

Portrait You Black-And-White Talk

The thing is, the reader doesn't want to hear about bad times.

Bad Want Bad Times Hear About Thing

Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.

Today Me Overcoming You Never See

The World Cup focus is football. Team U.S.A. is more than football.

Focus Football Team World More Cup

Sophie is so free-spirited, open-minded, and intelligent. She brings the sensuality. The soft connection. She can look people in the eye and make them feel something.

People Eye Feel Connection Look She

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