Charles Sturt Quotes

These matters having been arranged, I had a temporary awning erected near the river, and was for three or four days busily employed writing an account of our journey for the Governor's information.

Charles Sturt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: explorer
  • Nationality: australian
  • Birth: April 28, 1795 - June 16, 1869

Topics

JourneyRiverWritingInformation

'Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era,' the Whitney Museum's 40th-anniversary trip down counterculture memory lane, provides moments of buzzy fun, but it'll leave you only comfortably numb. For starters, it may be the whitest, straightest, most conservative show seen in a New York museum since psychedelia was new.

Jerry Saltz

LoveArtFunNew YorkMemoryYou

The image that comes to mind when I think of 'Nip/Tuck,' is I literally picture a nail just getting driven through wood. You know what I mean? Just getting absolutely bashed through a two by four.

John Hensley

MindThinkPictureYouKnowWood

I played Liddy Dole last year and met her as well. From the artful way she phrased it, I still don't know if she had actually seen me play her. She made it sound like it was good, but that's just a gift they have.

Ana Gasteyer

GoodMeGiftYearPlayKnow

There are many reasons why I hate college football. The 4-hour games drone on longer than Steve Lyons during the American League playoffs. The ever-expanding season threatens to creep into early July. Boise, Idaho, hosts a bowl game. And it's played on blue artificial turf.

Stephen Rodrick

HateFootballBlueCollegeGameWhy

A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war.

Simone Weil

WarReadyNationAnythingMake

When I started in the profession, there were very visible actors who were Scottish, Welsh, or regional. Lots of working-class-hero leading actors; it was not fashionable to sound posh. Now, I'm middle-aged; it's fashionable to sound posh if you are the generation behind me.

Tom Hollander

MeGenerationYouNowSoundStarted

Napoleon - the people who were becoming Napoleon's generals realized that for him, it was not about spreading freedom and revolution; it was about creating a new empire with Napoleon the dictator or the emperor.

Tom Reiss

FreedomPeopleRevolutionCreating

I can't stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We'll see what happens.

Roger Federer

YouKnowYearsSeeFiftyStay

When I was 8 years old, I made my own encyclopedia of American biography - Johnny Appleseed, Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Charles Lindbergh, my pantheon of favorite heroes. Then I would write my own things and sew them together and try to make my own book.

Douglas Brinkley

TogetherBookAmericanMy OwnTry

When I wrote 'Dear Fatty,' I realised that sitting and writing alone is an absolute joy.

Dawn French

AloneJoyWritingSittingDear

I'm dying to go to India... because the culture seems so vastly different from what I'm used to in the States. I would love to do some yoga there. And be amongst people who are so different than myself. There's so much you can learn from people who grew up in a different environment.

Christa B. Allen

LoveMyselfCulturePeopleLearnGo

Transitioning out of the military after a decade or more of service can be exciting and scary. Even more so when you have a family to support and are not experienced with the challenges of transitioning from active duty to civilian life.

Brandon Webb

LifeFamilyServiceSupportYou

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