Theodore Parker Quotes

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

Theodore Parker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: theologian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 24, 1810 - May 10, 1860

Topics

LightDarkCivilizationHeatOut

I'm still doing what I've always wanted to do, and how big it gets or how much money I make for it or how popular I am in the public's eye is really not that important, even though it's hard to let that go.

Andy Kindler

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I remember once Robert Taylor invited me to lunch. I asked him, 'What is your ambition?' He said, 'I want to have 10 very good suits.'

Luise Rainer

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Brazil does not want to become an exporter of crude oil. No. We want to be a country that exports oil byproducts - more gasoline, high-quality oil - and to strengthen the petrochemical industry.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

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Don't compare yourself with other people; compare yourself with who you were yesterday.

Jordan Peterson

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I hate flatscreens. I don't want to see anything in that much pixilation. I don't need to see the pimple on someone's face. I love the world through glass. The more old, dusty and tainted that glass is, the prettier and more impressionistic that is to me. I don't need to see everything perfectly. I don't like it.

Drew Barrymore

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There is something in human beings that loves stories.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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It always surprises me how much my followers appreciate how candid my photos are - they may not have a particularly unique subject, but it's more about the light you shed on the subject than the subject itself.

Connor Franta

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'True Lies' reinvented me in the eyes of a new generation and got me offers.

Art Malik

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My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.

Willie Stargell

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My mom and my sisters have helped me to be comfortable with who I am. It's a process of loving yourself as you are. I can say that it's been a journey. I see the changes little by little.

Philomena Kwao

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Several countries - among them Austria, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, India, Israel and Sweden - ban or severely restrict the use of wild animals in circuses. In Brazil, a movement to ban wild animals from circuses started after hungry lions managed to grab and devour a small boy.

Peter Singer

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I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election.

Pervez Musharraf

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