Henry James Quotes

What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?

Henry James

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 15, 1843 - February 28, 1916

Topics

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My well-meaning parents decided to send me to a Catholic grade school to get a better education than I probably would have received at the local public school. They had no way of knowing that the school nuns, who were the majority of the teachers at this particular parochial school, were right-wing, card-carrying John Birch Society members.

Jim Starlin

EducationSchoolParentsMeSociety

They actually bought me for Daredevil 2, but they have to exercise the option.

Joe Pantoliano

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I think The Empire Strikes Back had everything.

Jeremy Bulloch

ThinkBackEverythingEmpireI Think

The 'Bolton News' is the best place for online comments. They say I'm an absolute idiot and a communist anarchist. I was never an anarchist; I was a communist!

Maxine Peake

BestIdiotPlaceNewsSayNever

There was never a day when I was as good as Joe DiMaggio at his best. Joe was the best, the very best I ever saw.

Stan Musial

GoodBestDayNeverSawVery

Maybe I'm naively romantic, but I do believe that spice and excitement doesn't stop once a couple gets together.

Stana Katic

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My experiment in money exchange was the temptation to set up a bank. The absence of any Islamic banking was also another factor in establishing Al-Rajhi Bank, which is now the world's biggest Islamic lender by market value.

Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi

MoneyValueWorldTemptationNowUp

I consider myself extremely lucky to have worked with so many great collaborators in my lifetime.

Trey Anastasio

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I could talk for seven hours about Johnny Depp. There's no one like him. He has this amazing ability to watch something and then pick it up and do it, within seconds. He'll hate me for saying this, but I don't care. I'm going to say it anyway. He's Fred Astaire. He's this genius dancer. He says that he can't dance, but he can.

Rob Marshall

HateDanceAmazingMeSayingCare

It was so cold today that I saw a dog chasing a cat, and the dog was walking.

Mickey Rivers

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I have more of a relationship with the subject than I do with my camera equipment. To me, camera equipment is like a tin of shoe polish and a brush - I use that as a tool, but my basic camera is my emotion and my eyes. It's not anything to do with the wonderful cameras I use.

Don McCullin

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Comprehension follows perception.

Philip K. Dick

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