Henry Mayhew Quotes

The city of London, within the walls, occupies a space of only 370 acres, and is but the hundred and fortieth part of the extent covered by the whole metropolis.

Henry Mayhew

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: November 25, 1812 - July 25, 1887

Topics

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I am pleased to launch the Friends of Thailand Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Jim Ramstad

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Our struggle is to identify the sources of revenue and the means to obtain the funds. Without funds, all the planning and research studies can't help us.

John Breaux

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I've had to listen to candidates tell me they are the most wonderful thing since the invention of sliced bread, and it bores me to death. It also makes me doubt that they are actually any good at all - plus it's an attitude that would never fly in the culture I've created in my company.

John Rampton

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I wanted to be the best footballer in Belgian history. That was my goal. Not good. Not great. The best.

Romelu Lukaku

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Astaire was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Really, I don't know what I'd do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?

Loretta Lynn

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One who writes a poem writes it because the language prompts, or simply dictates, the next line.

Joseph Brodsky

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My interpretation of a strong director is someone who knows their story. That's what directors are, they're storytellers because they're directing where your focus is going to be as an audience.

Dennis Quaid

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The pressure to keep up with what society tells us is perfect is causing us to enter a time when women are no longer women, but plastic shells of what women used to be.

Chelsea Hobbs

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Let's not talk about Communism. Communism was just an idea, just pie in the sky.

Boris Yeltsin

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Deny human rights, and however little you may wish to do so, you will find yourself abjectly kneeling at the feet of that old-world god, Force.

Auberon Herbert

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No one would touch me with a barge pole as an actress. It hit hard. I thought, 'What am I doing? This is a stupid idea!' It's like throwing yourself into a massive pond, and you feel like you're going to drown so quickly.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

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