Herbert Croly Quotes

The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual achievement of the American nation points towards an adequate and fruitful definition of the democratic ideal.

Herbert Croly

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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The 1980s were all about synths for me, and it never went away after that.

John Grant

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I listen to and I play all kinds of music, and I'm interested in jazz and in bluegrass - I like it all - but Cuban music speaks to me in a certain way.

Andy Garcia

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I'm all in favor of supporting fancy museums and elite schools, but face it: These aren't really charities as most people understand the term.

Robert Reich

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It's no big secret that I'm a QB hater.

Robert Mathis

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It's just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants.

Matt Damon

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Some artists are able to pull off a very form-fitting, painted-on look that's very modern, but I have actually come around to embracing the idea that that these costumes are more like athletic uniforms than high-tech skin suits.

Stuart Immonen

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What I can do as the member of the United States Senate is try to do everything I can to keep America safe.

Tom Cotton

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Even cooking at home, the difference between my wife cooking and me cooking is major. When my wife cooks, the kitchen looks like a disaster. When I cook it's completely clean and organized and it doesn't look like anyone has been cooking in there.

Tom Colicchio

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My mother was a good woman.

Logic

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Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.

Joseph Joubert

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New is easy. Right is hard.

Craig Federighi

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I remember when the idea of living to be 40 seemed absurd.

Bruce Cockburn

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