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Freya Stark Quotes

Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: english
Birth: January 31, 1893 - May 9, 1993

Topics

Home Heart Christmas Event Piece

I went to Alabama, so I'm still very devoted to Alabama football and the SEC.

Joe Scarborough

Football Alabama Devoted Still Very

My uncle was skipper on the old Claymore sailing out from Oban to the Inner Hebrides. My father worked for MacBraynes all his life, on freight boats and then on ferries crossing to Skye, Barra, Uist, the small isles and Iona.

Life Father Small Uncle Old Out

I'm not the sort of chap who can sit down and write music. When it comes, I'm happy.

John McLaughlin

Music Happy Down Write Sit Who

Seriously, until I was 16 or 17, I didn't care about anything other than ESPN.

Care Seriously Anything Than ESPN

I never feel frustrated. I really feel fulfilled and very lucky.

Feel Lucky Never Very Fulfilled

The first thing I do in the morning is have an espresso - straight up - and read the papers. I like 'The Independent,' 'The Times,' and the 'Financial Times.'

Jonathan Anderson

Morning Financial Independent First

My life has been going in ways I never could have dreamed of - doing the closing celebration for the Olympic Games and being appointed the creative chair for jazz at the L.A. Philharmonic. So I've just decided I'll go with my flow and be very prepared.

Life Creative My Life Doing Chair

The vital thing for me is to integrate the history from above with the history from below because only in that way can you show the true consequences of the decisions of Hitler or Stalin or whomever on the ordinary civilians caught up in the battle.

History Me Battle Decisions You Way

I may not be the world's best glad-handing politician, but I've been elected mayor twice. I understand politics. And I definitely understand where the state line is.

Anthony A. Williams

Best Politics World Understand Line

When women are in positions of power it's a hard place to be, especially when that position involves bossing men around.

Women Power Men Place Hard Position

Saddam Hussein was a brutal tyrant. I am glad he is now on trial for crimes against humanity. But, opposition to a dictator is not the measure I use when deciding whether to send our men and women in uniform off to war and possible death.

Women Men Death I Am War Humanity

One thing my mom used to tell me was to look to the other side, and know that my present is not going to be everything. So if I'm having a bad day, she goes, 'Just imagine tomorrow. This is going to be over. This is going to be done with.'

Day Tomorrow Me Mom Bad Day Present

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