Henry Allingham Quotes

When I was 15, I came downstairs one morning, picked up mother's newspaper and, oh, what a shock! The Titanic had gone. The 'unsinkable' ship - but it had gone down so simple.

Henry Allingham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: celebrity
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 6, 1896 - July 18, 2009

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MotherMorningSimpleShipDownUp

I believe there is complete equality between men and women. And I believe those passages in the New Testament, not by Jesus, but by Paul, that say women should not adorn themselves, they should always wear hats or color their hair in church - things like that - I think they are signs of the times and should not apply to modern-day life.

Jimmy Carter

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If you can keep a character fresh and alive for, let's say, six months, working eight nights a week, then you can do anything. You have honed your technique and your skills to such a degree by that point that you are ready to take on all kinds of challenges.

Joe Morton

CharacterChallengesWeekYouReady

People who assume my books are only about quilts obviously haven't read them! I've always known that my books are about quilters - in other words, people - rather than quilts or quilting.

Jennifer Chiaverini

WordsPeopleAlwaysAssumeBooks

Being on the ground in Mongolia and traveling with the horse culture and sleeping in yurts, I was able to pick up a lot of detail. But I brought in advisors to work with our horse master to make sure the fighting strategies both on the Chinese and Mongolian sides were very accurate.

John Fusco

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You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed.

Anita Brookner

WritingStartLearnYouKnowNever

As a country with experience of coping with earthquakes, tsunamis and other natural disasters, Japan believes in emphasizing the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction. We therefore prioritize investment in disaster prevention and post-disaster improvements under a policy of Build Back Better (BBB).

Shinzo Abe

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I always tell people that revelling in big ideas for me is kind of like an antidote to existential angst.

Jason Silva

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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Joseph Addison

LifePerseveranceSuccessFriend

Osama bin Laden's own words stated he has a war against the United States. He declared that American civilians should be considered as combatants.

Cofer Black

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Paris Singer had vastly more to do with shaping my character than Mother had; although Mother made innumerable sacrifices for me, and Paris Singer made none. I wanted to be like him.

Preston Sturges

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It is clear to me that Democrats want to attack me rather than debate Sen. McCain on important economic issues facing the country. That kind of distraction hurts not only Sen. McCain's ability to present concrete programs to deal with the country's problems; it hurts the country.

Phil Gramm

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The world is still a fantastic and wondrous place to live.

Seal

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