Henry David Thoreau Quotes

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

Henry David Thoreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SpaceYouHousePlanetGotUse

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

Joan Didion

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It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

Soren Kierkegaard

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With the coming of radio as a mass medium, suddenly the world changed. It became about, 'Can this leader project emotional connection through the way he speaks on the radio?' And the anxiety about whether he could do that, we've inherited.

Tom Hooper

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Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.

Ronald Reagan

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Instead of just giving lip service to improving our schools, I will actually put the kids first and the teachers union behind in giving our kids better teachers, better options and better choices for a better future.

Mitt Romney

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What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.

Julia Cameron

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I've got an accountant who's been with me forty years. If he makes a mistake, he dies.

Don Rickles

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Running was a part of my hardwiring, and that's what I wanted to do. So this is what I tell people who talk about wanting to follow their passion. 'It doesn't have to be running. It can be basket weaving. Be the best basket weaver in the world. Throw your heart and soul into it.'

Dean Karnazes

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I love to see technology from a design perspective and vice versa. I am a 'Desigineer.'

Pranav Mistry

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David Ayer is one of the best directors I've ever worked with. He's a true man's man.

Scott Eastwood

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Ironically, it is when we identify with our spirits rather than our bodies that we are most powerful on the material plane. Our overidentification with the world does not give us power within the world so much as it diminishes our power here. It makes us frightened and nervous and full of anxiety.

Marianne Williamson

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I've always loved donuts. I can't go near one or eat one, because then I'm just done for. I always want more.

Linda Cardellini

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