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Herman Melville Quotes

They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.

Herman Melville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891

Topics

Work Dignity Talk Leisure

I've never had vocal training. No one could ever say that they helped me carve what my voice has become. It's just been more of self-training: me just continuously going into the studio every night and trying out different beats.

Training Me Night Voice Trying Say

In my view, the best gift is one that benefits both the receiver and the planet.

Best Gift View Planet Benefits Both

I will always demand the right for theatre to talk about anything and anyone. Without exception. None.

Theatre Will Talk Right Anything

I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work.

Work Quality I Am World Color Human

I am sometimes asked to name my favourite books. The list changes, depending on my mood, the year, tricks played by memory. I might mention novels by Nabokov and Calvino and Tolkien on one occasion, by Fitzgerald and Baldwin and E.B. White on another. Camus often features, as do Tolstoy, Borges, Morrison and Manto.

I Am Memory Name Year White Mood

I'm not a big fan of Women's Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due.

Women Respect Stand Up Stand Help

I want to be a great actress.

Jayne Mansfield

Great Want Actress

It's hard to get people up and out to shows, but 'The Walworth Farce' has masses of energy and will attract a crowd who don't always come to the theatre, which is great.

Domhnall Gleeson

Great People Theatre Energy Will Up

Clearly, if we'd had the kind of computer graphics capability then that we have now, the Star Gate sequence would be much more complex than flat planes of light and color.

Douglas Trumbull

Light Color Now Kind More Gate

I think it's a comedian's job to make everything funny. Nothing is off-limits.

Funny Job Think Nothing Everything

I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality.

Reality More Always Grounded Liked

Remove the predators, and the whole ecosystem begins to crash like a house of cards. As the sharks disappear, the predator-prey balance dramatically shifts, and the health of our oceans declines.

Health Balance House Sharks Cards

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