Henry David Thoreau Quotes

We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.

Henry David Thoreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ManBloodOwnBonesBeginsFlesh

So why don't nurses do home visits to Americans with acute conditions? Hospitals aren't paid for it.

Robert Reich

HomeWhyPaidNursesAcuteVisits

Learn the duty as well as taste the pleasure of original work.

Robert James Graves

WorkLearnDutyPleasureTasteWell

Television has changed. Some feels like good old-fashioned TV, and some of it feels more filmic and more natural and more nuanced. I don't think there's any clear line any longer between film and TV.

Robin Weigert

GoodThinkTelevisionMoreLine

My first novel was called 'Betrayed by F. Scott Fitzgerald,' about the difficulties of graduating from college, the longing and mourning you feel when all your promise seems to float away.

Ron Carlson

CollegeFeelYouFirstDifficulties

You know what ends up on the markdown racks? All the weird colors. Guys don't wear orange or citron.

Mickey Drexler

ColorsWeirdYouKnowOrangeUp

The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time.

Michael Tippett

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I believe health care is a civil right.

Dennis Kucinich

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I want my music to do the explaining.

Demi Lovato

MusicWantExplaining

Why not just do something a little more on the gentle side?

Chris LeDoux

WhyGentleMoreLittleSideWhy Not

My goal is for Gunnar to outlive me. That's the way it should be. My dream is for him to be a dad himself one day, so he can find out all the anxiety that kids bring to their dads.

Boomer Esiason

DayMeAnxietyDreamFindGoal

I used to love those little cute bottles of amenities in the hotel room. And while the soap, shampoo, conditioner, and lotion may smell great, they waste an incredible amount of plastic and space in your luggage.

Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

LoveGreatCuteSpaceHotelPlastic

Sometimes you are lucky enough to get offered things, and there is no rhyme or reason. I am very lucky because I come from England, and you have a whole range of things offered to you, from television plays and shows and theatre, so much more to explore, so it's never really money.

Peter Morgan

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