Theodore Dreiser Quotes

Assure a man that he has a soul and then frighten him with old wives' tales as to what is to become of him afterward, and you have hooked a fish, a mental slave.

Theodore Dreiser

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 27, 1871 - December 28, 1945

Topics

SoulManFishYouBecomeOld

It's a powerful thing to know that you are empowering someone to lift themselves out of poverty.

Jessica Jackley

SomeonePovertyYouPowerfulKnow

In a park, you are not working with studio materials or a flat piece of paper. You have grass and the people and the city and the daylight.

Jessica Stockholder

PeopleCityYouGrassParkWorking

As a toddler, my favorite piece of clothing was my Oshkosh denim overalls that I would call my Oreos because I could never say Oshkosh. I was literally obsessed with them and wanted to wear them every single day.

Melina Matsoukas

DaySayNeverSingleClothingWear

The way I go about a lovemaking scene is that we will talk about it during the rehearsing time.

Ang Lee

TimeGoWillWayTalkScene

Dad never misses a chance to remind me that whenever we are travelling together, if 100 people mob him for autographs, five approach me.

Jeev Milkha Singh

TogetherPeopleMeChanceNeverHim

When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.

Stephen Covey

ViewGivingUnderstandingYouBack

I think of myself as an actor first, not a sex symbol. Do I think I'm sexy? No, that's someone else's judgment, and I honestly don't think you can try to be sexy and really succeed.

Tom Selleck

MyselfSucceedThinkSexySomeone

Hollywood has a history of raising expectations beyond Washington's reach, of appealing to the very American desire to mythologize political leaders, particularly the president.

Ron Fournier

HistoryExpectationsReachPolitical

When I left EastEnders, I could have earned an absolute fortune from sexy calendars, shoots for lads' mags, fitness videos and reality shows. But I always turned them down.

Michelle Ryan

FitnessRealitySexyDownAlways

The human body has limitations. The human spirit is boundless.

Dean Karnazes

BodySpiritHuman SpiritHuman

I own buildings. I'm a builder; I know how to build. Nobody can build like I can build. Nobody. And the builders in New York will tell you that. I build the best product. And my name helps a lot.

Donald Trump

BestNew YorkNameYouBuildings

Music will bring you through... It brought me through.

Debbie Reynolds

MusicMeYouWillThroughBring

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