Ellen Swallow Richards Quotes

We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not.

Ellen Swallow Richards

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 3, 1842 - March 30, 1911

Topics

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Hard work enables us to improve ourselves and the world around us, to combat injustice, reduce suffering, and increase human freedom.

Joe Lonsdale

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When evil men destroy, good men must build and bind.

Anas Aremeyaw Anas

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Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself.

Andre Breton

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I didn't want to be the archetypal sponging brother-in-law, so I didn't go into acting when I got to the States. I thought, 'No, I'll go to school and then I'll be an English teacher; that'll be fun.' But I was horrible as a teacher. As hard as I tried, I just couldn't inspire those kids to take an interest in Milton and Shakespeare and Donne.

John Mahoney

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The black artist's role in America is to aid in the destruction of America as he knows it.

Amiri Baraka

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I'm always pursuing the next dream, hunting for the next truth.

Stanley Kramer

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The more traumatic events you endure with the city, the more of a New Yorker you become.

Trevor Moore

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I love that 'Much Ado About Nothing,' passionate, smart fighting. I love fighting with guys, and that's something that I don't get to see: arguing at a high level with a member of the opposite sex. That didn't really happen that much on 'The Office.' I just like that 'Moonlighting,' Benedick-Beatrice type of thing.

Mindy Kaling

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When I think about fashion and elegance, I imagine a woman from the 1950s, on an airplane, with seamed stockings and a garment belt underneath, a skirt, high heels, and her hair that she's done the night before, perfectly done eyeliner, lipstick, gloves, perhaps, and all this just to sit on an airplane for a transcontinental flight.

Liz Goldwyn

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I usually think to do pep talks on Twitter if I'm on the road, at home and my girlfriend is out of town, or if I'm at home and up later then my girlfriend and our dog Bizzy - like, if they're both asleep but I'm kind of wired.

Josh Gondelman

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Fascism in Uruguay did not begin just with the military coup of 1973, but years before, even when there was still a government with a constitution and parliament.

Jose Mujica

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My life has been very full.

Dolly Parton

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