Elmer Davis Quotes

There are some patriotic citizens who sincerely hope that America will win the war - but they also hope that Russia will lose it; and there are some who hope that America will win the war, but that England will lose it; and there are some who hope that America will win the war, but that Roosevelt will lose it.

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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Medicine is no longer looking at organs. It looks at the processes inside the cell.

Joachim Frank

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I used to live in New York, and I know a number of people who have friends who work at galleries. I spent time hanging out with them, going to openings. It was a good way to do research, to hang out and to look at the art that was present.

Jesse Kellerman

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In the years just after 9/11, even being breathed on by a suspected terrorist could land you in extralegal detention for the rest of your life.

Matt Taibbi

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The world needs actual excitement and emotion more than it needs cool people.

Amanda Palmer

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The learned are not agreed as to the time when the Gospel of John was written; some dating it as early as the year 68, others as late as the year 98; but it is generally conceded to have been written after all the others.

Simon Greenleaf

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I think Snapdeal could become the Alibaba of India.

Masayoshi Son

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A big part of directing animation is deciding what you really want to do and making sure it's about something. My favorite thing about animation is the storytelling. You can really dig into the story and spend time with the writers. The writers don't just write and leave.

Mike Mitchell

TimeStoryYouWantStorytelling

I think most people, including me, like to read gossipy things about others: revealing things that I love to read but I don't really want known about me.

Julia Davis

LovePeopleMeThinkWantOthers

Goal-setting and achieving those goals - that's just what I do.

Lisa Leslie

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It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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So many people: Lucille Ball is the earliest incarnation of a woman I thought was funny, Joan Rivers, Roseanne, Carol Burnett, Gilda Radnor, down to current times, where you have Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, and Kristen Wiig.

Chelsea Peretti

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Moreover, if the territorial state is to continue as the last word in the development of society, then war is inevitable.

Christian Lous Lange

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