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Henry Van Dyke Quotes

In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: November 10, 1852 - April 10, 1933

Topics

Personality Progress Independence

From what I can see, too many kids don't learn pride in their country anymore.

John Ratzenberger

Pride Learn I Can Country See Kids

For a dude, I think I do cook. I'm a stay-at-home parent a lot of the time.

Time Think Parent Cook Dude I Think

I don't go into a game with specific targets. I don't pinpoint an opposing player before a match, trying to exploit a kind of weakness.

Game Weakness Trying Go Kind Match

Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures are to the contrary.

Donald Rumsfeld

Work Day House White First Last

If you're writing a book that takes place in New York in the moment, you can't not write about 9-11; you can't not integrate it. My main character's view is the Statue of Liberty and the Trade Center. It doesn't have to take over, but it has to be acknowledged.

Character Moment New York Writing

There are no short cuts, no detours in the Middle East.

Short Middle Middle East East Cuts

I still remember how my father used to wake me up at 4 A.M. and make me study. He also used to take me for a walk and then always dropped me to school. I was very disciplined, as my father inculcated those values in me. Now that my father is no more, I understand that you should not take your parents for granted.

Father Walk School Parents Me You

It's fun to be able to dress up from time to time and pretend that I don't wear cleats, a T-shirt, and shorts every day.

Time Day Fun Dress Every Day Up

Put a bird cage near the window so that the bird can see the sky? It's much better to look than not to, even if it hurts.

Bird Sky Window Better Look See

The thing is when I started doing standup, you had to have a clean act because that's how you got on television. There weren't all these cable shows. Also, I didn't want to have that kind of act in case my family came to see me or my kid one day.

Family Day Me Doing You Television

Beyond its romance, 'Titanic' offers an indelibly wrenching story of blind arrogance and its terrible consequences. It's the rare Hollywood adventure film that brings mythic images of tragedy - the fall of Icarus, the ruin of Ozymandias - so easily to mind.

Adventure Mind Story Blind Arrogance

The Fed contributed to the financial crisis, keeping interest rates too low for too long. I give them credit for responding and stabilizing the economy and the financial sector during the crisis. But then they tried to do too much with quantitative easing that went on forever, just dramatically exploding their balance sheets.

Balance Financial Credit Long Crisis

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