Ellen Key Quotes

Like George Sand, the feminism of the present day asserts the right of free thought against the creed of authority in every field; the solidarity of mankind and the cause of peace against the patriotism of militarism; social reform against the existing relations of society.

Ellen Key

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: swedish
  • Birth: December 11, 1849 - April 25, 1926

Topics

DayPatriotismPeaceSocietyThought

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

Jerzy Kosinski

ArtTruePrinciplesEvokePortray

'Le Mans' is the only racing movie that is totally realistic.

Jenson Button

RacingRealisticOnlyMovieTotally

Why do we have to pretend we're not in the sales game? I didn't sign on to be a salesman. I signed on to be an actor.

Melissa Leo

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When you think of how history is revealed, we know certain things to be facts at certain periods of time, which turn out not to be so factual as time marches on.

John Malkovich

HistoryTimeThinkFactsYouKnow

I'll let life take me where it will.

Matthias Schoenaerts

LifeMeWillTakeWhere

I write things in my house, and hopefully there's a reader out there who enjoys it and has an experience with it, but that's very different than a performer on stage, where there's an immediate dance with the audience. It's incredibly powerful.

Stacey D'Erasmo

ExperienceDancePowerfulHouseOut

My paintings are very strange - large and empty, like walls. Just the opposite of my writing, which is rich and juicy.

Tom Robbins

WallsWritingRichStrangeEmpty

The 1993 Trade Center bombing was obviously frightening. It could have been much worse than it was.

Mary Jo White

CenterTradeBeenWorseThanMuch

My father and mother are both very smart people and I always felt I was a little short of the mark. So I would compensate with a character like Logan Cale. He's wearing glasses, he's in a wheelchair, he's a computer genius. He's very far away from who I am, but I really wanted to play roles where I'd be taken seriously.

Michael Weatherly

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If you listen to a woman, you'll know what she wants.

Logic

WomanYouKnowListenSheWants

The government has made $44 trillion in promises we can't afford to keep. We must get serious now about our long-term budgetary problems, recognizing that the sooner we act, the less painful the choices will be.

Judd Gregg

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If you're not getting better, you're getting worse.

Draymond Green

BetterGetting BetterYouWorse

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