Virginia Woolf Quotes

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.

Virginia Woolf

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 25, 1882 - March 28, 1941

Topics

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I've always been a big fan of Mariah Carey. I think it's her personality. As much as she has an amazing voice, she has a crazy personality and I love the fact that she's not afraid to hide that.

Jessica Mauboy

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My husband travels a lot with his job, so we have a lot of frequent flyer miles so we can hop on a plane with no notice. That's a nice luxury and he is very supportive.

Jeri Ryan

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If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common.

Maynard James Keenan

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Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.

John Henry Newman

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Once citadels of free expression and occasional revolutionary ideas, today many American colleges have endorsed political correctness.

John J. McLaughlin

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Financial literacy is just as important in life as the other basics.

John W. Rogers, Jr.

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'Merlin' was a big step; it was my first big role in a show.

Tom Hopper

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George W Bush is like a bad comic working the crowd, a moron, if you'll pardon the expression.

Martin Sheen

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Training is expensive, and a lot of kids don't get trained, perhaps. So I also identify with the kid or the person who has grown up in environments like I've grown up in.

Mickey Drexler

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China-led globalization in some ways worries me because they are not concerned about human rights, labor rights. They probably aren't even really concerned about competitive marketplaces. So in some ways, they're like Mr. Trump.

Joseph Stiglitz

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What I wish for myself is that I could be the kind of person who just goes, 'This is what I need,' and doesn't feel bad about it.

Courteney Cox

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Most leadership strategies are doomed to failure from the outset. As people have been noting for years, the majority of strategic initiatives that are driven from the top are marginally effective - at best.

Peter Senge

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