Hiram Rhodes Revels Quotes

While I appreciated the educational advantages I enjoyed in the school and was proud of what I could show in mental culture, I had an earnest desire for something more than a mere business education... I desired to study for a profession, and this prompted me to leave my native state.

Hiram Rhodes Revels

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 27, 1827 - January 16, 1901

Topics

EducationBusinessCultureSchoolMe

Friends are very understanding when you tell them in April that you can see them next September, but there is a limit to how long you can go on like that.

Jill Dando

UnderstandingFriendsLongYouGo

Folklore used to be passed by word of mouth, from one generation to the next; that's what makes it folklore, as opposed to, say, history, which is written down and stored in an archive.

Jill Lepore

HistoryGenerationMouthDownSay

Slavery, first and foremost, was an energy institution. Shackling human muscle was about getting work done.

Andrew Nikiforuk

WorkSlaveryEnergyDoneMuscle

The most exciting thing in the twentieth century is science.

John Polanyi

ScienceCenturyExcitingMostThing

Like everybody, I too believed that couples lived happily ever after. But it only happens in books.

Amrita Singh

LivedCouplesOnlyBooksHappens

Our church was a very spiritual church, and we were a very chosen people. The body was small, but the spirit was intense and very evident to anyone who passed by or came in.

Marvin Gaye

SpiritualPeopleSmallChurchBody

Primarily I see myself as so much more than a rapper. I really believe I am the voice for a lot of people who don't have that microphone or who can't rap.

Jay-Z

MyselfI AmPeopleBelieveVoice

After a world title run, you can't really call someone else your leader.

Cody Rhodes

LeaderWorldSomeoneYouRunCall

I haven't had television since 1991, and it definitely influences me. As a child of the 1970s, I couldn't hold a narrative in my head; I was lucky if I could hold a joke in my head, because every time you turn on television or radio, it wipes the slate clean - at least in my case.

Chuck Palahniuk

TimeChildMeYouTelevisionLucky

Songwriting was definitely first. I started singing, and then I was rapping; then I went back to singing. As I was growing up, I just taught myself piano and guitar.

William Singe

MyselfGrowing UpSingingGuitarUp

I have some guests who get angry when they don't get to talk about sports and have to talk about the project they are promoting.

Rich Eisen

SportsAngryTalkProjectGuests

I learn more with every job, and I'm very thankful for where I am.

Liam Hemsworth

ThankfulJobI AmLearnMoreWhere

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