Henry Mayhew Quotes

In No. 1 of this street the cholera first appeared seventeen years ago, and spread up it with fearful virulence; but this year it appeared at the opposite end, and ran down it with like severity.

Henry Mayhew

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: November 25, 1812 - July 25, 1887

Topics

EndYearDownStreetFirstSpread

You hit a wall at some stage when you don't want it so bad, but you don't know when that's going to be - as far as competition or as far as health is concerned. Sometimes it's just natural. You just taste it, and you want it so bad that you find other gears.

John McEnroe

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I think everything is its own beast. I think every project has its own unique insanity, and I think that's what's really fun about it.

Max Greenfield

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'Old Dominion' is the nickname for the state of Virginia, and four of us have ties to Virginia.

Matthew Ramsey

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That short-sleeping that we're now suffering is a consequence of our lifestyle. It's not a consequence of evolutionary habituation.

Matthew Walker

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The European family may well be anything but perfect. But it is the best thing that we have for bringing the countries of Europe around the same table and for forging compromises so that people here can live in peace, freedom, and prosperity.

Jean-Claude Juncker

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English is my first language, but musically speaking, I write my music in Spanish.

Romeo Santos

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A lot of people look at a basketball team as an anchor tenant for an arena. I look at an arena as the anchor tenant for a much larger program.

Ross Perot, Jr.

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Anyone who tries to write a memoir needs to keep in mind that what's interesting to you isn't necessarily interesting to a reader.

Mitch Albom

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When you're dealing with a sick person, you're not important at all. You're just a nobody.

Lisa Lampanelli

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Our congressional district is the fastest growing in the state. Nowhere is there a greater need for new and improved roads and transit systems that will spare us the hours we spend each day in traffic.

Judy Biggert

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I grew up in Bulgaria in a small city on the Black Sea Coast, so I was very interested in the sea, marine life, and everything related to it. But it was also a very dark place at night, so I could see the stars. And I just got very interested in it.

Dimitar Sasselov

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That perfect bliss and sole felicity, the sweet fruition of an earthly crown.

Christopher Marlowe

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