Gertrude Jekyll Quotes

What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months, and with as yet no sign to remind one that its fresh young beauty will ever fade.

Gertrude Jekyll

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: celebrity
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: November 29, 1843 - December 8, 1932

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BeautyTimePerfectSummerYoung

I have the satisfaction of knowing I did something useful for society.

John Cameron

SocietySatisfactionKnowingUseful

And, of course, supernatural elements just make a story more interesting.

John Foster

StoryInterestingMoreJustElements

I think anyone who has a job in the entertainment industry that is ongoing and then decides they get bored and doesn't want to do it anymore is foolish!

Melissa Rivers

JobThinkWantEntertainmentBored

I do what I do because of Walt Disney. Goofy. Mickey Mouse. I never forgot how their films entertained me.

John Lasseter

MeMickey MouseNeverGoofyBecause

On this thin, scarcely real and yet so perceptible sensation the whole world hung as on a faintly trembling axis, and this in turn rested on the two people in the room.

Robert Musil

PeopleWorldRealTwo PeopleTurn

There is definitely a thematic lineage between 'Descender' and my previous work, like 'Sweet Tooth' and 'Trillium.'

Jeff Lemire

WorkSweetSweet ToothLikeBetween

I grew up very heavily involved in a United Methodist Youth organization. I grew up going to church camp for years. I ministered, and country music stole me away. It was just where my heart wound up. It's what I wanted to do.

Tracy Lawrence

MusicHeartMeYouthOrganization

What I like about land is I can drive out and check on it. It doesn't go anywhere. It's hard to steal land.

Ross Perot, Jr.

DriveI CanGoLandHardOut

Iranians hate Arabs. They're a fairly well-educated population and they have centuries of experience with self-government.

Michael Ledeen

HateExperiencePopulationArabs

I am running for president to help create a better future. A future where everyone who wants a job can find one. Where no senior fears for the security of their retirement. An America where every parent knows that their child will get an education that leads them to a good job and a bright horizon.

Mitt Romney

EducationGoodFutureJobI AmHelp

'An Octoroon' was written over about three years but premiered in 2014. I'm writing about America's relationship to its own history. Race or not, it's a story about suppression and oppression and many populations being devalued systematically.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

RelationshipHistoryWritingStory

Every man is the architect of his own life. He builds it just the way he wants it. However, after he has built what he wants, he sometimes decides that he doesn't like what he has built and looks for someone or something to blame instead of changing himself.

Sydney Madwed

LifeManBlameSomeoneSometimes

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