Emmeline Pankhurst Quotes

From infancy, I had been accustomed to hear pro and con discussions of slavery and the American Civil War. Although the British government finally decided not to recognise the Confederacy, public opinion in England was sharply divided on the questions both of slavery and of secession.

Emmeline Pankhurst

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 15, 1858 - June 14, 1928

Topics

GovernmentWarSlaveryOpinionCon

I never did anything original my whole childhood. I was invisible.

Jennifer Egan

ChildhoodNeverInvisibleAnything

I feel like the few times in my life when I really felt like I love my own story is when I've been the happiest.

Jens Lekman

LifeLoveStoryFeelMy LifeMy Own

People used to respect royalty to an insane extent that doesn't exist nowadays. These people never shouted. They never moved, really. Their effort was minimum. They were the most powerful people, but they were just calm.

Sofia Boutella

RespectEffortPeopleCalmPowerful

Unless the guitar works as a color, then I don't use it, so I haven't been playing guitar too much lately.

Trevor Rabin

ColorGuitarToo MuchPlayingBeen

I'm inspired by my master's movie 'Kerd ma lui,' Bruce Lee's 'Fists of Fury,' and Jackie Chan's 'Police Story.'

Tony Jaa

PoliceStoryMasterInspiredFury

Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get the feeling that God is playing a practical joke?

Rita Rudner

WomenGodMenReachYouFeeling

Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life.

Louis Auchincloss

LifePerfectionFictionWell

Every year I teach dozens of students at the University of Birmingham. Most of the students on the gender and sexuality courses are women. I guess this is because the boys don't think that gender applies to them: that it's a subject for girls.

Louise Brown

WomenThinkGenderYearTeachMost

I was trying to break out of the suburbs, and when I did break out, I don't think I took my whole self with me - I think I played a role of being too cool and hip.

Liz Phair

MeCoolThinkSelfTryingOut

I'm just a simple guy. I love being at my house with my family, I love playing dominos and card games and hunting and fishing. That's just what I like to do.

Jase Robertson

FamilyLoveSimpleFishingHouse

One of the arguments I make for the failure of the euro is that, at the time it was being constructed, there was a 'neo-liberal' ideology which said that all we need to do to make this thing work is to get deficits low, keep inflation low, and take down barriers, and then everything would be fine.

Joseph Stiglitz

WorkFailureTimeDownSaidNeed

Cinema is a mirror that can change the world.

Diego Luna

ChangeMirrorChange The WorldWorld

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