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Thomas Babington Macaulay Quotes

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: british
Birth: October 25, 1800 - December 28, 1859

Topics

Morality Know Ridiculous British

What a brutish master sin is, taking the joy from one's life, stealing money and health, giving promise of tomorrow's pleasures, and finally leading one onto the rotten planking that overlies the mouth of the pit.

Life Health Money Joy Tomorrow Sin

Oh, I'm obsessed with the Kardashians. Not the way that I think a 13- or 14-year-old girl would be, but I find them fascinating. They are so rich. They are also, at the end of the day, women of color.

Jessica Williams

Women Girl Day Color Think End

Haven't a lot of us just missed at a lot of things and thought that we wouldn't have another chance at it? So we give up early.

Jennifer Holliday

Chance Thought Early Missed Up Us

I offer my expertise and experience for hire in order to help a group of people reach the summit.

Anatoli Boukreev

Experience People Reach Help Group

Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.

Robert Schumann

Art Enthusiasm Nothing Right Without

There are some nights where I don't get enough sleep, or we're traveling a lot. And then I'll go do a radio show, and the DJs are usually so energetic. And they're like, 'Why aren't you excited?' I say, 'I am excited. I'm just Swedish. This is my excited. I can't get to an American excitement level.'

Sleep I Am American Enough You Go

My job has always been to hold a mirror up to nature.

Nature Mirror Job Always Up Hold

I've never found that it jars to go back and forth.

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Back Go Never Found Forth

People get successful and they start saying, 'Well of course I am! I was chosen! I'm special!' No, you're not.

I Am People Start Saying You Well

Horror movies don't exist unless you go and see them, and people always will.

People You Go Movies Horror Will

No Child Left Behind's fourth-grade gains aren't learning gains, they're testing gains. That's why they don't last. The law is a distraction from things that really count.

Learning Child Law Why Count Left

Well, yes, I've fired a lot of people. Generally I like other people to fire, because it's always a lousy task. But I have fired many people.

Fire People Always Task Yes Fired

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