Horace Walpole Quotes

How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them from circumstantial or vulgar historians.

Horace Walpole

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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It's always good to be home.

Jim Nabors

GoodHomeAlways

I buried my dad on a Thursday and showed up for work on Friday.

John Schnatter

WorkFridayThursdayUpBuriedDad

I'm not trying to be an inspiration, but I'm flattered to be considered one.

Amy Purdy

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Assuming a specific resource is high cost is often a path to disruption when someone makes a different assumption.

Steven Sinofsky

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I definitely need a girl that has a good sense of humor because there are some girls that are just very uptight.

Romeo Santos

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Cops can deprive people of their freedom. They are sworn to serve and protect. They work for us and they belong to, basically, a service industry, laboring in conditions that are sometimes threatening, often dangerous yet interesting.

Mike Barnicle

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Barack Obama seems intent on enrolling more people on food stamps. Mitt Romney's focus is going to be on generating more jobs that will make food-stamps unnecessary for them.

Mike Huckabee

FoodFocusPeopleWillMoreGoing

If people knew what made hits they'd make more of them, so to have the illusion of control over one's career isn't something I can even pretend to have.

Diane Lane

PeopleControlCareerIllusionI Can

No one knows how to write a novel until it's been written.

Alice Hoffman

WriteBeenKnowsHowNovelUntil

Everybody has the prerogative for their own career in this business, and I firmly believe that to this day. But if you and I give each other our word - call me corny - I think you have an obligation to uphold that.

Shane Douglas

BusinessDayMeBelieveThinkYou

I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches.

Tim Robbins

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Well actually, some weeks they'll write that I'm jealous of living in her shadow. Then other weeks, they'll write that all I want to do is loaf around on her money! It's ridiculous!

Ryan Phillippe

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