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Henry Mayhew Quotes

The costermongers' boys will, I am informed, cheat their employers, but they do not steal from them.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

I Am Will Informed Cheat Steal Them

My life would be better without Gristedes.

John Catsimatidis

Life Better My Life Without Would

For my part, if I'm working while flying, I'm often a bit relieved to be forced to shut down the computer on final descent. But I guess I'm a slacker.

Flying Down Final Working Shut Part

During the tour of 'Circulations,' we spent a lot of time in Canadian Chinatowns. I was fascinated by the idea that you can cross the road and enter this dream world, this vision of China.

Vision Time World Road You Dream

It's weird: I always feel like my career is about to end. Like someone is coming to get me. I don't know. I guess I need to find a better balance, but without my work, I don't think I would be alive. If I don't work, I don't live.

Work Live Balance Me Think Better

I just do what feels right. I think the great thing about getting to do what I do is that you can try out being a different person without having to screw up your life to do it.

Life Great Think You Person Try

When I was younger, I was always willing to tell a joke and play out a scene. I would get sticks and pretend they were light sabers. I think it was just at a young age, I was so willing to jump up and perform a little play at the family picnic.

Family Age Light Think Picnic Play

I sat with myself one day and asked, 'Who is in those prestigious literary circles? Do they represent me? Do they appreciate the topics I write about and the style in which I write? Do those gatekeepers let a demographic like mine through the door?' And the answer was no.

Style Myself Day Me Door Appreciate

My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland.

Mother Loved Rise She Always Ashes

I'm bored' is a useless thing to say. You live in a great, big, vast world that you've seen none percent of.

Live Great World You Say Useless

I typically shoot underwater with my regular camera in an underwater housing, and then I usually have two big strobes that I use to light. But with whales, you're not going to be able to really light a 45-foot subject. Your strobes are only effective for maybe five or six feet underwater.

Light Feet Camera You Housing Big

I always thought I was depressive, and I only recently realized that I have more of an anxiety disorder than chronic depression.

Depression Thought Anxiety More Only

I have watched people around members of the royal family for a long time now, and something very strange happens to them. They turn into sycophants.

Family Time People Long Long Time

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