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Herbert Croly Quotes

The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise.

Herbert Croly

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: January 23, 1869 - May 17, 1930

Topics

Loyalty Patriotism American Tradition

I have a collection of lucky pennies, and I like to carry some of them with me. So far, they seem to be working!

Joanna Garcia

Me Lucky Pennies Carry Seem Working

A great hope gets crushed every time someone reminds us that happiness can be neither assumed nor earned; that we are all prisoners of our own flawed brains; that the ultimate aloneness in each of us is, finally, inviolable.

Andrew Solomon

Happiness Hope Great Time Someone

When I get my hands on painting materials I don't give a damn about other people's painting... every generation must start again afresh.

Maurice de Vlaminck

People Painting Start Generation Get

I'm blessed to have a family that always supported me being me.

Jeffree Star

Family Me Blessed Always Being

My family kept its history to itself. On the plus side, I didn't have to hear nightmarish stories about the Holocaust, the pogroms, terrible illnesses, painful deaths. My elderly parents never even spoke about their ailments.

Amy Bloom

Family History Parents Holocaust

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Progress Fork Cannibal Uses

I mostly wrote 'Thursday's Child' to explore the idea of a wild child - a creature who lived much as humans used to live, when our needs were simple and our worlds were small.

Sonya Hartnett

Live Simple Child Small Wild Lived

I had to say no to 'Fantasy Island' back when I was doing 'Bosom Buddies.'

Tom Hanks

Doing Back Say Island Fantasy Bosom

Whenever I get happy, I always have a terrible feeling.

Roman Polanski

Happy Feeling Always Get Terrible

We're all looking for an authentic way to be engaged in the community, engaged in politics, engaged in national discussion - and so, we're clunky. We're all clunky. But it's better than not doing it.

Mona Simpson

Community Politics Looking Better

I have 'the first' attached to my name in a whole lot of different aspects when it comes to the sport of basketball.

Lisa Leslie

Basketball Name First Different Lot

I'm a big believer in creating parameters for creativity. I think parameters make people more creative. So that starts with my budgets. I only do low budget movies, and I think that makes the movies better.

Jason Blum

Creativity Creative People Better