Elmer Davis Quotes

The chief characteristic of 'The Tribune' under Greeley was an aggressive and even ostentatious purity. 'Immoral and degrading police reports,' and any notices of the existence of the theater, whether in news or advertising, were at first scrupulously excluded.

Elmer Davis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 13, 1890 - May 18, 1958

Topics

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What matters most is a good and ready will to obey God.

Johannes Tauler

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I want get across to not just the church world. I want to get outside those walls to everyday people.

Joel Osteen

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Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine!

Jennie Finch

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Some grocery stores began using electronic scanners as early as 1976, and the devices have been in general use in American supermarkets for a decade.

Andrew Rosenthal

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My relationship has never been good with the government.

John McAfee

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Shakespeare pursued the highway of the right. He did not seek to put his characters in a position where it was right to do wrong.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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I never really wanted to be a writer. I know it sounds strange, but I honestly believe that I didn't pick the story; the story has picked me. I've written absolutely no fiction before 'The Immortals of Meluha.' Not even a short story in school - absolutely nothing.

Amish Tripathi

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Though it's harder to justify the use of a cadaver for practicing nose jobs than it is for practicing coronary bypasses, it is justifiable nonetheless. Cosmetic surgery exists, for better or for worse, and it's important, for the sake of those who undergo it, that the surgeons who do it are able to do it well.

Mary Roach

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I don't remember my dreams. I'm one of those weird people. I know there are tricks and things you can do, but I never remember my dreams.

Jayma Mays

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Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes.

Christoph Martin Wieland

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Too many Christians are living in a house of fear and not in the house of love.

Brennan Manning

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That's the most important thing to me - that if I'm gonna spend however long it takes to make a movie, give up 14 hours a day for however many weeks or months, then it's very important for me to know that I'm working with people who I respect and enjoy and that we're going for something together.

Brad Pitt

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