Henry David Thoreau Quotes

The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.

Henry David Thoreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I'm grateful for the fans who've been there from the beginning and am excited about how we've grown and how we've evolved now.

Andra Day

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I think only of objects: of a leg or an arm, of the wonderful sense of foreshortening, breaking through the plane, of the division of space, of the combination of straight lines in relation to curved ones.

Max Beckmann

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Paul Taylor's 'Offenbach Overtures' has lots of zip and charm, and its pair of dueling soldiers in red, who end up starry-eyed about each other while their disgusted seconds take up the quarrel, is nonstop funny.

Robert Gottlieb

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The most important thing parents can do, although it's not the only thing they should do, is model the behavior they want from their kids.

Angela Duckworth

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I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences.

Sonia Sotomayor

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I just love to sing. It makes me feel great, so I'm gonna keep going.

Rob Halford

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There are 65 to 70 photography galleries in New York alone. In the U.K., there are no more than five, and they're all in London.

Martin Parr

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The combination of a workable basic formula and the capacity to improve over time is what one hopes for in any aspect of society: business, government, the non-profit sector.

Michael Spence

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I have always loved tartans - such an ornamented type of weaving, so vivid in colour, and such a masculine aspect. But actually, I think tartans can be feminine or masculine.

Christian Louboutin

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I've always been very open and very honest with my fans. I want them to know that I'm genuine, and I am who I am, and I'm not faking it for the camera.

Colleen Ballinger

I AmCameraKnowWantGenuineOpen

It's a crazy world, so I meditate for 20 minutes. I also meditate for 20 minutes before a concert.

Clarence Clemons

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In my eyes, I will never be up there with the Sir Steve Redgraves and the Sir Chris Hoys of this world. It's not something that drives me; I just enjoy going to the Olympic Games. Just to be mentioned in the same breath as those people is an honour for me. I don't ever think about those kind of things.

Bradley Wiggins

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