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Ethel Watts Mumford Quotes

The greatest possession is self-possession.

Ethel Watts Mumford

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: 1876 - 1940

Topics

Greatest Possession

I still have a vivid memory of my excitement when I first saw a chart of the periodic table of elements.

Memory Table Excitement First Saw

The past is full of examples of renegade writers who were overlooked in their time not only because their work didn't fit neatly into potted categories but also because they avoided the self-promotional efforts of their peers.

Work Time Past Peers Because Only

My dog wakes me at 6:30 in the morning, so pretty much, I have to get up.

Dog Morning Me Up Pretty Get

I always thought I was so fit.

Thought Always Fit

I like musicals that are sometimes comedic, but I haven't even seen the Monty Python musical, and I'm a huge Monty Python fan.

Sometimes Seen Like Fan Even Python

Motherhood runs its own way and is measured with another watch that, unfortunately, we can't control.

Control Motherhood Way Own Watch

A lot of people that I started out with, I don't know where they are. I guess it takes tenacity to still be doing this, and luck, but I've been very blessed.

People Luck Blessed Doing Know Out

Articles always end up being about my appearance. I had a conversation with Jude Law: he told me people's obsession with looks goes away after a while.

People Me Law End Conversation Up

I love Oscar Wilde, still the wittiest writer of anyone, dead or living.

Christopher Buckley

Love Living Dead Still Writer Oscar

My parents and grandparents listened to bacheta heavy, the true bachata from back in the day - Juan Luis Guerra, Anthony Santos. I liked the genre, but I remember thinking, 'OK, enough of this.' I would sing Usher's 'U Remind Me' to the girls in school.

Day School Parents Me Thinking Back

My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.

Children Purpose Rebel Authority

Since the Renaissance, a concept called 'progress' has been baked into our society. Progress - founded on an accumulation of knowledge through experience (and in the case of science, through experiment). To build on the past rather than endlessly relive it. That's what separates us from the beasts.

Knowledge Science Experience Past

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