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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Henry David Thoreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862

Topics

Work You Lost Now Castles Need

The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion - these are the most valuable coins of the thinker at work. But in most schools guessing is heavily penalized and is associated somehow with laziness.

Work Laziness Leap Thinker Guessing

But the word of the Gospel is not as the word of an earthly prince.

Prince Gospel Word Earthly

All the reading in the world cannot immunize you from the devastating effects of psychopaths. Everyone, including the experts, can be taken in, conned, and left bewildered by them. A good psychopath can play a concerto on anyone's heart strings.

Good Heart World Reading You Play

I thought I would be a visual artist when I was growing up, so I'm always up for a bit of experimentation.

Growing Up Thought Artist Growing Up

Journalism is being pushed into a space where I don't think it should ever go, where it's trying to support the monetization model of the Web by driving page views. So what you have is a drop-off of long-form journalism, because long-form pieces are harder to monetize.

Support Space Think Driving You Go

It's just hard to get an independent film made.

Independent Hard Film Get Just Made

Plain white T-shirts do it for me every time. You can spend anything from £3 to £50 on a T-shirt, but I've bought some great ones from H&M, as well as shelling out on Duffer Of St George and a Polish label I discovered while filming 'Robin Hood' in Hungary called Scotch And Soda.

Jonas Armstrong

Great Time Me Hood You White

I've always been a bit of an orphan, because actors say, 'Well, he's more of a dancer.' And dancers say, 'No. He's really a singer.' And singers say, 'No. He's an actor.'

Say Actor More Always Singer Well

When I tell people I don't own a mobile phone and wouldn't know how to text, they react as though I have just confessed that I can't read.

People Phone Know React Tell Own

I still love to do the old songs. I know some people don't.

Love People Know Some People Old

George Burns was the father I never had.

Father Never Burns Had George Burns

A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.

Good Search You Always Weaknesses

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