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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.

Henry David Thoreau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Time Water Tools Stone Steel Gentle

The trouble with the jokes is that once they're written, I know how they're supposed to work, and all I can do is not hit them. I'm more comfortable improvising. If I have just two or three ideas and I know how the character feels, what the character wants, everything in between is like trapeze work.

Stephen Colbert

Work Character Ideas I Can Trouble

Whether you see Jesus as nothing more than a mythical figure or not, there's no doubt that living your life in a Christ-like manner is a lot harder than the hedonistic lifestyle reflected in Hollywood.

Steven Crowder

Life Doubt You Lifestyle Living See

I am State Senator Russell Pearce, the author of SB1070, which was signed by Governor Jan Brewer. Fear mongering and misinformation is the tool of the Left against this common sense legislation.

Russell Pearce

Fear I Am Common Sense Legislation

I was working at a restaurant in L.A. when a producer came in. He said I should audition for this movie 'Cellular.' I did, and I got the part. It actually makes me sick to tell that story because it's obnoxious.

Mircea Monroe

Me Sick Story Restaurant Said Tell

For me personally, I have a fear of, 'If I stop, I'm going to die.' If I stop doing the things that are enriching to me or creatively exciting to me or if I stop creating, then I feel stagnant. If something isn't growing, it's dying.

Chris Hardwick

Fear Me Feel Die Doing Stop

The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding.

Winifred Holtby

Life Happiness Understanding Crown

That's what I love about those old movies - the music is like a constant companion. Even in scenes that aren't particularly dramatic, like a woman checking her watch, you hear the music as a comment on that action.

Petra Haden

Love Music Woman Action You Movies

When I started fundraising like me and leading like me, that's when I really started to shine and find my own rhythm.

Payal Kadakia

Me Shine Find My Own Rhythm Own

I never played the 'decoration,' I always played the one who suffered. And then I got very lucky in my middle career, when I started playing the hero, which at that point was quite rare for women.

Tyne Daly

Women Hero Career Lucky Never Rare

The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But it cannot propose a language for us to speak. Only other human beings can do that.

Richard Rorty

World Speak Language Human Hold Us

World War II was a historical event, but also a movie genre, and 'Fury' occasionally prints the legend. The rest of it is plenty grim and grisly. Audience members may feel like prisoners of war forced to watch a training-torture film.

Richard Corliss

War World Rest Legend Feel Audience

Growing up, I had a sense of the importance of commerce and trade to everyday life. Our family lived in several countries, and I was fascinated by the free exchange of goods and services between individuals and companies - the way both parties could benefit.

Muhtar Kent

Life Family Growing Up Free Growing