Elihu Root Quotes

The attractive idea that we can now have a parliament of man with authority to control the conduct of nations by legislation or an international police force with power to enforce national conformity to rules of right conduct is a counsel of perfection.

Elihu Root

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 15, 1845 - February 7, 1937

Topics

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I thought, 'Oh, acting is going to be great - I get to play different parts.' And then these auditions started coming up for terrorist, terrorist, terrorist, and I'm going, 'Whoa, what's this about?'

Maz Jobrani

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We did not seek ideological confrontation.

John Hume

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I was interested in theatre, and the only experience that I had in high school was as an actor. But when I got in Conservatoire, my teachers would give me a lot of flack because I wasn't rehearsing my lines; I'd be doing stage management. I was interested in sound. I was interested in architecture. I was interested in every aspect of theatre.

Robert Lepage

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In my own life I'm frequently in predominantly white atmospheres.

Anna Deavere Smith

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I'm thrilled to have a completely new audience that I can get from Court TV, without it being my own trial. That was the only other way I would have gotten it.

John Waters

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Social Security is an extremely complicated program.

John Thune

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The partisan warfare fueled by modern technology does not fairly reflect the grace and dignity of the American people.

Rod Rosenstein

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Getting into the voice-over booth, there are no cameras and no inhibitions.

Roddy Piper

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Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Writers can express ideas and emotions that are important to them but have no other means of expression. Some of these ideas may be fantastic, and some of the emotions may be given clearer voice in fantastic fiction.

Brian Stableford

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I surround myself with people who make me laugh.

Allen Iverson

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Being a dancer or athlete of any type teaches you the fundamentals of discipline... and the ability to know you can grow.

Payal Kadakia

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