James Russell Lowell Quotes

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

James Russell Lowell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 22, 1819 - August 12, 1891

Topics

ManGovernmentDemocracyOppressor

I do know that people treat me different with blonde hair than they do with red hair.

Jessica Chastain

RedPeopleMeHairTreatBlonde

Young mothers who apply for housing assistance in our nation's capital literally could be grandmothers by the time their application is reviewed.

Matthew Desmond

TimeYoungNationHousingMothers

Were you a merchant, would you settle yourself in a rich or poor neighborhood? You would not be so blind as to locate yourself among persons who would not be able to purchase your goods. So with nations with whom we trade.

John Tyler

YourselfRichBlindYouSettlePoor

I don't blame people who suspect my performance. My own mind suspects it. How can I blame them?

Sri Chinmoy

PeopleMindBlamePerformanceMy Own

I can clear my mind, and lyrics just come out; it's very easy for me.

Sia

MindMeEasyI CanOutClear

There's still this idea that women are over by the time they are 40, so that they can't play the love interest opposite a 50-year-old man. George Clooney is 52, but he's always on the arm of a thirt-something actress. He gets Vera Farmiga. You don't get a 50-year-old woman on the arm of a 30-year-old guy.

Trudie Styler

LoveWomenTimeWomanManYou

I learned early in sports that to be effective - for a player to play the best he can play - is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.

Tom Landry

PositiveSportsBestNegativeEarly

You know one of the things about going from modeling to acting is it's so much more fulfilling. With modeling, you get your picture taken, which is great, good for you, you know? But in acting, you're able to reach in and show a little bit more of yourself.

Tom Welling

GoodGreatYourselfPictureActing

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake.

Robert Browning

SleepFightCloudsForwardBetter

I never had a problem with technique.

Ronaldo

ProblemNeverTechniqueHad

I find weddings too procedural sometimes. I just want a big, fun party.

Lizzie Armitstead

FunFindPartySometimesWantBig

There's never been a culture that wasn't obsessed with food. The sort of sad thing is that our obsession is no longer with food, but with the price of food.

Jonathan Safran Foer

SadFoodCulturePriceNeverBeen

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