George Pierce Baker Quotes

There is no essential difference between the material of comedy and tragedy. All depends on the point of view of the dramatist, which, by clever emphasis, he tries to make the point of view of his audience.

George Pierce Baker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 4, 1866 - January 6, 1935

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I try to get seven hours of sleep every night; I always walk or bike to work; I make a point to eat well and take my vitamins; I drink tons of water; and I always spend a portion of my day at a standing desk.

Jessica Scorpio

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In the Tea Party narrative, victory at the polls means a new American revolution, one that will 'take our country back' from everyone they disapprove of. But what they don't realize is, there's a catch: This is America, and we have an entrenched oligarchical system in place that insulates us all from any meaningful political change.

Matt Taibbi

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There's nothing special about me. Nothing has come easy.

Rodney Atkins

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We've done both. We can do both. We can raise the quality and still have Walmart prices.

Mike Duke

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I was in really good shape after I finished this movie, 'End of Watch.'

Michael Pena

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I'm not a huge party girl. When I turned 18, the thing I was most excited about was being able to vote for the first time.

Dove Cameron

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We don't live in a particularly attractive world. I don't really remember, except as a small boy, anything but a pretty grim world.

Christopher Lee

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As best I can tell there was no advance warning of the attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, which was the first significant foreign terrorist activity in the U.S. No tip-offs that it was coming.

Bobby Ray Inman

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One of the things I can't stand about this town is the back-stabbing. Where I grew up, we're front-stabbers.

Anthony Scaramucci

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Everything I touch turns to gold.

Pete Waterman

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I love to compete. That's the essence of who I am.

Tiger Woods

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I avoid writing about sex out of a certainty that no matter how grown up and matter-of-fact I might try to be, there is a snickering yet nun-terrorized 12-year-old-boy inside me who would at some point be certain to grab the reins in his hairy palms.

Lynn Coady

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