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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

Henry David Thoreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

World Wealth Inheritance Generations

Evil is important for us to look at, in my opinion, only insofar as it makes us look at our own actions and make us wonder, 'Am I participating in some kind of human evil that I really should stop doing?'

John Carroll Lynch

Evil Opinion Doing Look Wonder Stop

I think writers of memoirs need to be respected for the bold decision they take to bare their lives open. That alone should be enough. The things I write about, if you notice, are sensitive issues for a lot of people. If I told you my age, they would get ideas. The next thing you know they'll be filing lawsuits against me.

Age Alone Decision People Me Ideas

The tension between 'yes' and 'no', between 'I can' and 'I cannot', makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self.

Anatole Broyard

Life Self Feel Debate I Can Human

Human beings are born solitary, but everywhere they are in chains - daisy chains - of interactivity. Social actions are makeshift forms, often courageous, sometimes ridiculous, always strange. And in a way, every social action is a negotiation, a compromise between 'his,' 'her' or 'their' wish and yours.

Action Compromise Wish Negotiation

People write me off, and yet then, when I fight people, my opponents have a completely different opinion of me afterwards.

Michael Bisping

Fight People Me Opinion Write Off

We can only create good jobs if we make smarter investments in infrastructure and do more to support small businesses, not stiff them.

Michael Bloomberg

Good Support Small Create More Only

The challenge is to keep up with all the new poets at the same time I love the old ones.

Love Time Challenge New Old Same

I'd just as soon do a big-budget movie as an independent one.

Independent Just Soon Movie

I had a job on college campus. I lost that job, but on my way home I heard an inner voice that said go out for the baseball team. I was a walk-on, and I was actually petrified as a walk-on because you're not an athlete.

Home Job Baseball College Team You

When you sit there, and you sing the chorus - and then you look at each other, and everybody has the hair standing up on their arms - then everybody knows you've stumbled onto something.

Hair You Look Up Standing Something

If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

Courage Succeed You Begin Up Get

I was born in Iowa City and spent my early childhood on a hippie commune just outside of town.

Childhood City Early Born Outside

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