Alexander Woollcott Quotes

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.

Alexander Woollcott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 19, 1887 - January 23, 1943

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There comes the time at every Passover seder when someone will open a door to let in the prophet Elijah. At that moment, something like a spell invariably descends over the celebrants, and everyone stares into the doorway, trying to make out the quiet movements of the prophet as he glides his way in and takes the empty seat among us.

Andre Aciman

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We did not go to that many movies in a theater in the little town I grew up in.

John Lee Hancock

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To argue against the global economy is like stating opposition to the weather - it continues whether you like it or not.

John McCain

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Down South, I never had to audition. They would call me up and give me a role.

Anita Morris

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If I made a film today, it would certainly be on digital.

John Waters

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People want to learn how other people live. It's just human nature.

Steven Van Zandt

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We try to separate the world into the stuff we can control and the stuff we can't.

Tom Steyer

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The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance.

Robert Bork

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It's always nice to have people say you're good-looking. But I do get told I'm not right for parts because I'm too good-looking.

Rupert Penry-Jones

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I don't speak English, so I'll just have to win the trust and confidence of the fans with my performance on the field.

Masahiro Tanaka

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I don't think that there's any Marine out there that says she can't do the job because she's a female.

Loretta Reynolds

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I was one of I think three white girls in my school. So, I was very much an outsider. And plus I was Jewish and all of my friends were black and Baptist because they listen to the coolest music. We were all listening to Ray Charles and what was then called race music.

Janis Ian

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