Willa Cather Quotes

All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity. It is a sport, like the silver fox. It happens.

Willa Cather

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 7, 1873 - April 24, 1947

Topics

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I know of no scholar more dedicated to bringing a thorough and accurate portrayal of America's involvement in Vietnam than Mark Moyar. Everyone who is interested in a full picture of that oft-misunderstood war should be grateful for his effort.

Jim Webb

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I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was very much afraid.

Joan of Arc

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We need a leader who puts the health and well-being of the country ahead of 2016 politics.

Jeff Duncan

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In my late teens and early 20s, I worked hard on my roles, but, to be honest, I didn't feel any special commitment to acting.

Song Hye-kyo

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I listened very, very carefully to the world around me to pick up the signals of when trouble was coming. Not that I could stop it. But it made me observant. That was helpful when I became a lawyer, because I knew how to read people's signals.

Sonia Sotomayor

PeopleMeWorldLawyerStopTrouble

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.

Toni Morrison

LifeLanguageDieMeaningMeasure

I studied Shakespeare in college, but not theatrically, more in terms of literature, and then I kind of took a break from it. Now there's resurgence in my appreciation for him. It's amazing: there are so many book titles and song titles that come just from lines that he wrote.

Julia Stiles

AppreciationCollegeAmazingSong

I don't know what'll ever happen if I'm in a healthy relationship. My writing career will go down the tubes.

Jason Fuchs

RelationshipWritingCareerDownGo

New technologies are wreaking havoc on employment figures - from EZpasses ousting toll collectors to Google-controlled self-driving automobiles rendering taxicab drivers obsolete.

Douglas Rushkoff

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I want to be a good friend, a good sister, a good person and a good actress.

Winona Ryder

GoodFriendSisterGood PersonWant

The Iraq War was the first conflict in western history in which an imperialist war was massively protested against before it had even been launched.

Noam Chomsky

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Ideas have consequences that can transform society.

Ricardo Salinas Pliego

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