Henry Ossawa Tanner Quotes

My effort has been not only to put the Biblical incident in the original setting... but at the same time give the human touch to convey to my public the reverence and elevation these subjects impart to me.

Henry Ossawa Tanner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 21, 1859 - May 25, 1937

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I think I have a great voice, but it's not special enough to be remembered. But what's special about me is much more than just my voice.

John Grant

GreatMeVoiceThinkEnoughSpecial

My family's a ruling family.

Aminatta Forna

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The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.

Robert Frost

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I do still collect chairs.

Robert Wilson

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I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman's equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Sometimes I decide I don't want to write because it isn't the thing for me to be doing right then, and I go do something else.

Mary Gaitskill

MeDoingGoSometimesWantRight

After completing a Delaware State education, they were afforded opportunities beyond anything they might have imagined - and they opened doors for themselves that surely would have remained closed if they only had a high school education.

Michael N. Castle

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You need, in your closet, clothes that will - that you can use in many different ways. Clothes that make you fell comfortable, clothes that make you feel 'you.'

Diane von Furstenberg

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Singing rock n' roll - they called it singing for the devil. But we all wanted an opportunity to compete in the music industry, and that was the opportunity.

Dennis Edwards

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Usually I spend a long while working alone before letting anyone read what I've written.

Anthony Marra

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People who are denied access to power are also denied the opportunity to make or influence decisions to live a better life out of poverty and claim their rights.

Winnie Byanyima

LifeLiveOpportunityPowerPeople

I never really watched much stand-up growing up. I just was not really that into it. But I can say I honestly fell in love with it the second I touched the microphone. It was like this weird thing where it's like, 'Oh, yeah, this is what I'm supposed to do.'

Phoebe Robinson

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