James Fenton Quotes

The Mormon mission to Africa, as to other dark-skinned parts of the world, was for a long time hobbled by the racism of the movement's scripture.

James Fenton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 25, 1949

Topics

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China is not only formidable, it is also aggressively building its own economic infrastructure. Just a few years from now, China will rival the U.S. and the European Union in global market power. It already has surpassed us in population.

Jo Ann Emerson

PowerBuildingNowWillOwnChina

Job was the greatest of all the children of the east, and his afflictions were well-nigh more than he could bear; but even if we imagined them wearing him to death, that would not make his story tragic.

Andrew Coyle Bradley

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I'm not much of a cook. I used to keep books in my gas oven - until someone told me it was a fire hazard.

Michiko Kakutani

FireMeSomeoneUsedKeepCook

Television has its own award. It's called the Emmy. It's a good award. I like it. I have one. But you don't see movies like 'The King's Speech' win Oscars and then go to TV and qualify for Emmys. In documentaries, some networks have been able to game the system.

Michael Moore

GoodKingWinGameAwardYou

Snapchat's ramp reminded us of another mobile app Benchmark had the good fortune to back at an early stage: Instagram.

Mitch Lasky

GoodBackEarlyStageGood Fortune

I spent my whole life in the private sector, 25 years in the private sector. I understand that when government takes more money out of the hands of people, it makes it more difficult for them to buy things. If they can't buy things, the economy doesn't grow. If the economy doesn't grow, we don't put Americans to work.

Mitt Romney

LifeWorkMoneyGovernmentPeople

I'm trying to be number one all the way around. It's not just the South, it's not just the East, it's not the West, I'm going for across the world, you know what I'm saying? This is where I'm coming from.

Ludacris

WorldSayingTryingYouKnowWay

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.

Jorge Luis Borges

SandStoneBuildNothingMustBuilt

If we want a stronger, cleaner, and fairer world economy, we need to deal with the controversial areas of globalisation, such as tax havens.

Jose Angel Gurria

WorldStrongerTaxWantNeedDeal

You hear about actors being late and all that sort of stuff, but you never find that with an actor who's directed, because an actor who's directed understands all the problems your production is going through.

Clint Eastwood

ProblemsYouLateFindActorNever

I am one of the baddest enemies anybody can have.

Bruce Rauner

I AmEnemiesAnybodyAm

Usually, I don't feel comfortable with a character until I've played him before an audience for several performances. It is not until after three months of performing that I learn to discover what I call 'all the nooks and crannies' of the person.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

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