Horace Walpole Quotes

Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations.

Horace Walpole

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 24, 1717 - March 2, 1797

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NatureCharacterGreatPoetryComedy

Now Speaker Gingrich says interesting and insightful things. He can explain them well. On many occasions he also says outrageous things that come from nowhere and he has a tendency to say them at exactly the time when they most undermine the conservative agenda.

Jim Talent

TimeInterestingSayConservative

I feel incompetent to perform duties... which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me.

Andrew Johnson

MeFeelBeenThrownIncompetent

Honestly, with pop and rock and things, artists are from all over the place, so they're kind of isolated. The city of Nashville helps create the camaraderie. Everyone moves there for the same reason.

Matthew Ramsey

CityPlaceCreateKindRockReason

The basis for all human relationships and where we derive our greatest strength and power, trust is single-handedly the most powerful source of positive energy and, once in place, unlocks a freedom and peace to explore.

Angela Ahrendts

PositiveStrengthFreedomPower

People have nannies and big cars, and they want to go to Maui for Christmas. When there are those kind of stakes involved, people get ruthless.

Amy Sherman-Palladino

PeopleGoWantKindChristmasBig

To live another person's life is quite a weird thing.

Simon Callow

LifeLiveWeirdPersonQuiteThing

You have to fall in love with the production, and then there's a certain mind-set that you develop where it does stay fresh in your mind.

Roy Conli

LoveMindYouFallFreshProduction

I'm not tryin' to come off as the best lyricist.

Missy Elliott

BestOffComeLyricistTryin

It used to be that in media, Johnny Carson used to be the most important person when he would invite you over to sit on the couch after your comedy skit. Now it's whatever Howard Stern says goes.

Lisa Lampanelli

ComedyMediaYouPersonImportant

These people are real to me, and situations keep coming up where their emergence feels natural. It's like meeting old friends. I hope readers feel the same way.

Jonathan Kellerman

HopeOld FriendsPeopleMeFriends

I strongly believe that we as a nation can be both secure and free.

Jon Corzine

FreeBelieveNationSecureBoth

The fabled origin of the laurel is this. Daphne, daughter of the river Peneus, offended by the persecutions of Apollo, implored succour of the gods, who changed her into a laurel tree. Apollo crowned his head with the leaves and ordered that forever after, the tree should be sacred to him.

Dorothea Dix

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