William Cobbett Quotes

The taste of the times is, unhappily, to give to children something of book-learning, with a view of placing them to live, in some way or other, upon the labour of other people.

William Cobbett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 9, 1763 - June 18, 1835

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As a composer at a point where I can absolutely pick and choose what I want to do, I don't want to write about anybody I don't care about.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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I hate horror movies.

Melissa Auf der Maur

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I do practice what I preach when it comes to nutrition.

Mehmet Oz

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Putting women first would mean strengthening America's social safety net, because a higher proportion of single-mother families live in poverty here than in any other wealthy country.

Stephanie Coontz

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If you're not in the WWE and bouncing around in the Indy shows, you're not with the best.

Rob Van Dam

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I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.

Lucille Ball

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I think that the opportunity to be a kid another year and not have to not worry about the responsibilities of paying bills, and worry about getting an agent and worry about getting an accountant was important.

Jason Williams

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When people are performing in a musical, everybody is intuitively drawn to the right pitch. You don't want to be too broad that people can't relate to it, so it has to have some grounding in the real world.

Josh Gordon

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I mean, I try to say the right things and give the right advice. But still, I'm only a person.

Jonathan Brandis

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I've become very interested in the spectrum of political discourse as seen on the cable news channels that are conveniently right in a row on my cable provider's dial. I can flip from Fox to CNN to HLN to MSNBC, and I find myself at night flipping it back and forth through them, and it's something of an addiction.

Chris Carter

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I love researching, whether it's old Western documentaries or old Western country singers or John Ford Westerns, which are heavily influenced by family values, which so many of these country songs are related to.

Clifton Collins, Jr.

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After we map out all the main characters' individual arcs, using color-coded index cards, we arrange them by episode and get a rough idea of the scene order.

Bryan Cogman

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