James Payn Quotes

It is better, however, for his own reputation that the story-teller should risk a few actions for libel on account of these unfortunate coincidences than that he should adopt the melancholy device of using blanks or asterisks.

James Payn

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 28, 1830 - March 25, 1898

Topics

ReputationBetterRiskOwnActions

There's a lot of paranormal activity in my family. Whether it is more than most other families is hard to say, but we seem to have more than most.

Jenna Wortham

FamilySayMoreHardSeemActivity

I want all of my films to be grounded in reality, and I think 'Midnight Special' is the most grounded film I've ever made, in spite of its genre.

Jeff Nichols

ThinkRealityWantSpecialMidnight

Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society.

Sonia Sotomayor

EducationEqualitySocietyEqualGet

For 70 nights, right across America, I've been getting out there with two ex-lovers and we've been playing songs which are so specific about each of us, you just wouldn't know. We're friends now but we can't forget what happened between us.

Stevie Nicks

FriendsAmericaYouKnowForgetNow

Eisenhower was quite supportive of Kennedy and Johnson in terms of foreign policy.

Robert Dallek

PolicyForeign PolicyEisenhower

The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.

Russell Baker

ManGoalDefeatHimObjectsResist

I believe that in order to sustain a governing majority, the Democratic Party has got to learn that it can govern without raising taxes.

Jared Polis

BelieveLearnPartyI BelieveTaxes

The first comic book I ever read was an issue of 'Legion of Super-Heroes' where the earth was surrounded by all of these chains. I remember the cover; I got it at a birthday party.

Jonathan Hickman

BirthdayBookRememberPartyEarth

You always fall for the rascal or the guy who's got a little bit of the devil in him. You can't help it.

Debbie Harry

DevilHelpYouFallHimAlways

It's a spinoff of the original Cracker Jack, but it's Cracker Jack'd. Frito Lay, when they asked me to be a part of it, I tried it, and I really like it. My favorite's the peanut butter and chocolate.

Ashley Tisdale

MeChocolatePeanut ButterOriginal

When I was nine years old I use to copy - not trace - the covers of the Donald Duck comics. Many years later I became a close friend of Jack Hannah, the director of the Donald Duck film shorts.

William Jackson

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Saddam was a bastard, but he was our bastard.

Phil Donahue

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