Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 29, 1874 - June 14, 1936

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Well, executive producer can mean anything in the world of Hollywood, sadly. It can be a bought title in many instances.

Andrew Stanton

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I don't feel like I'm slowing down.

Melvyn Bragg

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I played classical as a kid.

John Legend

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Whether history will view Ronald Reagan as a great president depends, more than anything else, on one question: how much credit does he deserve for the fact that the Cold War ended far earlier than almost anyone suspected - and on terms that Americans had fantasized about for 45 years?

Michael Beschloss

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Since I became CEO, 87 percent of the companies in the Fortune 500 are off the list. What that says is that companies that don't reinvent themselves will be left behind. I also think that's true of people. And I think it's true of countries.

John T. Chambers

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I'm a pretty successful songwriter and known in some circles, but I didn't think the story of my career was of any real entertainment value.

Rodney Crowell

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Just in general, no matter what you're doing, be true to yourself. Never let anyone else dictate how you live your life.

Rumer Willis

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In the inhalation and exhalation there is an energy and a lively divine spirit, since He, through his spirit supports the breath of life, giving courage to the people who are in the earth and spirit to those who walk on it.

Michael Servetus

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A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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One of the basic steps in saving a threatened species is to learn more about it: its diet, its mating and reproductive processes, its range patterns, its social behavior.

Dian Fossey

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I don't know how I feel right now.

Brandy Norwood

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I grew up 150-200 miles from any city. You simply didn't have much connection with the outside world. So my dreams were always to get out. It's a familiar kind of thing, I think, for anybody in a small town.

Bobbie Ann Mason

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