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Hosea Ballou Quotes

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: clergyman
Nationality: american
Birth: April 30, 1771 - June 7, 1852

Topics

Parents Brevity Correction

I grew up in Arizona listening to Hank Williams Jr., Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, and Dolly Parton.

Listening Up Cash Arizona Johnny

The use of hunger as a weapon of political control is a crime against humanity.

Control Political Humanity Crime Use

My parents have been married for 42 years. Their marriage has been - from what I can see - a happy one.

Marriage Happy Parents I Can See

Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing.

Mike Krzyzewski

Responsibility Win You Fail Take

By the time I got to WWE, I had a lot more confidence and willingness to speak up.

Confidence Time Speak More Up Got

Contrary to what many people believe, terrorism is actually a very expensive business.

Loretta Napoleoni

Business People Believe Terrorism

In the last analysis sound judgment will prevail.

Will Sound Judgment Prevail Analysis

Whereas I think in New York every step is a detour in every direction.

Jason Schwartzman

New York Step Direction Think New

Maybe I was accepted to Harvard only because of my tennis skills, since I definitively had no great academic achievements. I was 17 and only thought about surfing and playing tennis. I had almost never left Rio de Janeiro and had never been to the United States.

Jorge Paulo Lemann

Great Thought Skills Never Tennis

I was taught to whistle as a little girl by an undertaker. I used to sit in his workshop, watching him planing wood for the coffins, and he used to whistle all the time - and eventually I started whistling, too. I can whistle anything, particularly trumpet tunes from Classic FM.

Girl Time I Can Wood Watching Him

Television is an isolating experience, sadly enough. I'm sorry to say it. But as good as it ever gets, it's still isolating. You sit in your home and visit with no one.

Good Home Experience Sorry Enough

I've stayed in hotels where you were scared to even put your feet on the floor, or had to sleep in a chair.

Sleep Feet Chair You Scared Floor

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