Ellsworth Huntington Quotes

Although farming of any sort was almost as impossible in the plains as in the dry regions of winter rains farther west, the abundance of buffaloes made life much easier in many respects.

Ellsworth Huntington

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 16, 1876 - October 17, 1947

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The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.

Jim Rohn

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Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction.

Joan D. Vinge

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I don't think I can ever write about young kids anymore. I completely shot my wad there.

Jenny Zhang

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I want the Forest Service to look at a vista with scenery, not only at lumber with a price tag.

Michael Frome

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All I'm for is the liberty of the individual.

John Wayne

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I'm glad about 'The Curtain Call' now, but I remember being very confused watching it all go down because I was right there behind the curtain watching it all, and I couldn't believe these guys were breaking kayfabe.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

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Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.

Joseph Roux

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I'm really drawn toward work that is trying to capture what it's like to think now and to live now.

David Shields

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I wasn't going to get such a nice car - I was going to get a cute little hybrid or something, keep the trees happy - but then my grandfather died, and it was all: retail therapy!

Chris Colfer

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In midlife, I feel that my tendency to acquire books is rather like someone smoking two packs a day: it's a terrible vice that I wish I could shuck.

Claire Messud

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Ease is the enemy of the artist. When things get too easy, you're in trouble.

Chuck Close

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When 'Friday Night Lights' finished, I cried for a day. I have a problem.

Bojana Novakovic

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