Henry David Thoreau Quotes

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.

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 started doing musicals, but the acting bug bit when I did a four-week Shakespeare workshop.

Jessie Buckley

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People are scared to death and they're looking for something beyond themselves.

Jerry B. Jenkins

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It's never been more important for borrowers to arm themselves with knowledge and build sound financial-management skills.

Robert Manning

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I came to Los Angeles and did auditions for television. I made a terrible mess of most of them and I was quite intimidated. I felt very embarrassed and went back to London. I got British television jobs intermittently between the ages of 23 and 27, but it was very patchy.

Michael Fassbender

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It's true I'm more widely recognised now and get invited to take part in all sorts of events and projects but as a person, I haven't changed.

Roger Milla

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The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.

Jean Cocteau

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In a world and a life that moves so fast, photography just makes the sound go out and it makes you stop and take a pause. Photography calms me.

Drew Barrymore

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One of my favourite messages about 'The Pirate Fairy' is that the story is about appreciating your own talents.

Christina Hendricks

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I won't sit here and say an Open Source project will do things faster than a closed source, but one of the reasons why is that it sits on a whole lot of things that came before it.

Brian Behlendorf

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I also think we live in a competitive world, and I love competition.

Arsene Wenger

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I went to Afghanistan in '96 to write about terrorist training camps south of Jalalabad and Tora Bora, in the mountains. I was there right before the Taliban took over, literally a few weeks before they took Kabul. The frontline wasn't terribly active, but it was definitely there. And they swept into power.

Sebastian Junger

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As a martial arts promoter and as a fan of martial arts, you go, 'What would happen if this guy fought this guy?'

Scott Coker

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