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Charles Reade Quotes

The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: english
Birth: June 8, 1814 - April 11, 1884

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Dark Will Bright Fancy Expect Nor

When I was a kid I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up, but I did know what I didn't want to do. I didn't want to grow up, have 2.2 kids, get married, the whole white picket fence thing.

Grow Fence White Know Want Kid

Many of us are alarmed at the skyrocketing cost of medical care, including patients, who are the consumers. However, medical malpractice is not the reason for these increasing costs.

Medical Care Reason Cost Us Costs

I work to please my audience.

Jerry Lee Lewis

Work Audience Please

I avoid listening to too many people's comments about my script. I have learned to take in what is of use. It's too frustrating looking at somebody's notes who didn't get what you were doing. If somebody says, 'This stinks, and here are all the reasons,' that's not going to help you.

Melissa Mathison

People Listening Looking Doing Help

To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed.

John Henrik Clarke

People You Oppression First Convince

With acting, there's a certain amount of independence you have within the framework of the storytelling. When it's done well, it's a collaborative medium.

Independence You Acting Done Within

I guess it's sad that anybody, regardless of profession, that they're in this country, would take a shot at our military.

Sad Country Military Take Would Our

I think leadership is more than just being able to cross the t's and dot the i's. It's about character and integrity and work ethic.

Work Leadership Integrity Character

The thing people forget is that the entire world - or, at least, Europe, U.S., transatlantic, Russia, Soviet Union - that security architecture has been in place since 1945 and has been refined. Already, the U.N. charter that everyone signed is that you can't change borders through use of force or even threat of use of force.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Change Architecture People World You

Look, 85% percent of Democrats think the economy's fine. What does that tell you about these people?

People Think You Look Economy Tell

Hatred of the mother is familiar, but the mother's hatred still comes as a surprise.

Mother Surprise Hatred Still

In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be doomed from the start because of the attitude of those women workers who are not organized.

Attitude Women Start Better Movement

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