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Elliot Richardson Quotes

It often seemed like we had become a nation where the only heroes were rock singers and ball players and that there were no large men of probity who could be called upon for the task.

Elliot Richardson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: lawyer
Nationality: american
Birth: July 20, 1920 - December 31, 1999

Topics

Men Rock Become Nation Heroes Task

Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red, which are evidence of original sin or something, and I avoid that. I don't shoot that any more.

Jock Sturges

Red People Sin Now More See

Edgar Allan Poe, an earlier UVA student, once complained in a letter that his stepfather spoke to him as if Poe were one of the black slaves; some of the students at UVA surely felt the same about being told what to do by faculty.

Matthew Pearl

Black Student Him Same Being Slaves

Resilient people recognize that no matter how bad the circumstances are, their situation could always be worse. They don't allow themselves to exaggerate how terrible their problems are, and they don't run around predicting how much worse things are going to get. Instead, they view failure with an accurate perspective.

Amy Morin

Failure Perspective People Problems

To have faith is to believe in truth, believe that truth confers special power on those lucky enough to get a little insight, and to know in our hearts that all these things come from God, which is why we should never get too cocky about our successes.

Tony Snow

God Faith Truth Power Believe Know

I'm a hybrid.

Tommy Chong

Hybrid

We see the sea as this place of leisure and this place, you know, a blue patch on the map to fly over because we all go by plane these days, mostly. And we don't really see it as a place of industry anymore.

Rose George

Sea Blue Fly You Place Know

There are very few works of fiction that take you inside the heads of all characters. I tell my writing students that one of the most important questions to ask yourself when you begin writing a story is this: Whose story is it? You need to make a commitment to one or perhaps a few characters.

Julia Glass

Commitment Yourself Writing Story

In Africa, those who have money - businessmen and banks - do not believe in film.

Wole Soyinka

Money Believe Africa Film Who Those

My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.

William Gilbert

Family Pride Help Born Something

The Pleasure Seekers eventually turned into Cradle, when we started writing our own material. My younger sister Nancy was brought in as singer and I kind of stepped aside as main lead singer and concentrated on my instrument.

Suzi Quatro

Sister Writing Kind Lead Singer Own

What first caught my eye about Rihanna was an interview she did with Diane Sawyer after the Chris Brown incident, where she was very articulate, very poised, obviously a smart girl who talked about a very traumatic experience.

Peter Berg

Girl Experience Smart Eye She First

The last years of fading communism provided an ideal environment for Poland's Catholic Church, which acted as an umbrella for dissenters of all sorts.

Norman Davies

Communism Church Environment Years