Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them.

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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PropertyRatherThanOurHouses

'Battlestar Galactica' executive producer Ronald D. Moore told Tor.com that the series finale of 'Battlestar' turned out exactly as he'd intended, but there were several alternate endings that were considered before the final version was produced.

John Joseph Adams

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As a pastor, I've spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable.

Andy Stanley

PeopleStoryTalkingKindYears

I like the eyeliner and fringe '60s look, like Anna Karina.

Jeanne Damas

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And it was out in the theaters in two weeks. This is not, 'We're going to develop twenty-five and maybe one's going to get made,' so the first three things I wrote got up on the screen and, good, bad or indifferent, I got to see them on their feet.

John Sayles

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Mastered by deadly passions, Rigaud has dug a gulf at your feet; he has laid snares which you could not avoid. He wished to have you as partisans in his revolt; and to succeed in his object, he has employed falsehood and seduction.

Toussaint Louverture

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My sisters and I were fortunate to travel through Asia and Europe at very young ages. We confronted extraordinary beauty in Athens and unspeakable poverty in India.

Mary Chapin Carpenter

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You spend a couple million dollars running for Congress, people get tired of seeing your face.

Louie Gohmert

TiredPeopleFaceYouSeeingGet

I am pretty geeky, yes. I like odd sub-culture activities, I am often socially inept, I wore glasses in high school. But I am a modern geek.

Josh Zuckerman

SchoolI AmGlassesHigh SchoolHigh

More than periods where I don't write anything, I have periods where I just write junk and I know I'm writing junk but I can't stop.

Jonathan Dee

WritingStopKnowMoreWriteWhere

My first killer amp was a Sunn Beta Lead. It was solid-state, but that Sunn was incredibly loud. I used to say to my friends, 'Hey, check it out. It's only on two.'

Dimebag Darrell

FriendsSayFirstTwoLeadOut

I had written the script for Juno and apparently Steven Spielberg had read it. I can't just call him Steven, that's weird... Mr. Spielberg had read it and he liked it. He asked me if I would write this television show for him and I said, 'Yeah!'

Diablo Cody

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I do not think that marriage is one of my talents. I've been much happier unmarried than married.

Doris Lessing

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