Paul Engle Quotes

For my Oxford degree, I had to translate French and German philosophy (as it turned out, Descartes and Kant) at sight without a dictionary. That meant Germany for my first summer vacation, to learn the thorny language on my own.

Paul Engle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 12, 1908 - March 22, 1991

Topics

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Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.

Jesse Ventura

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I had been a basketball fan growing up, and I felt that if we brought in the proper coach, and we played basketball the old fashioned way - where defense is paramount and offense involved movement off the ball and movement of the ball - we could build a winning team, and Chicago would respond to that.

Jerry Reinsdorf

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We live in very volatile times. And it is super necessary that all of us resist this move toward the militarization and establishment of a more and more authoritarian regime, not just in the United States but in Europe and elsewhere.

Roger Waters

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There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.

Robert Frost

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The mongers brought them together upon a mutual surrender of their principles.

Robert Toombs

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I am the kind of actor who will do just about anything.

Chris Bauer

I AmKindActorWillAnythingJust

I'm coming up on 40 next year, and after making so many records and doing music for so long, I'm looking for a change and a different perspective. And every now and then, I think I have something I want to say.

Tim McGraw

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I don't want a perfect character, I want a character who has, as strange as it sounds, some humanity, some flaws, some needs.

Nicolas Cage

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'Handsome' means many things to many people. If people consider me handsome, I feel flattered - and have my parents to thank for it. Realistically, it doesn't hurt to be good-looking, especially in this business.

Richard Chamberlain

BeautyBusinessParentsPeopleMe

I didn't know anybody who was a filmmaker - there was no film industry where I grew up. I never knew what a director really did until I was in high school and I started reading up about it. I've always loved films, and I always felt like a storyteller.

Morten Tyldum

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I'm so totally future oriented that, for me, I don't know what the future's about, but I can promise you it's gonna be exciting.

Kenny Rogers

FutureMeYouI CanKnowPromise

I love racing cars, and we have to have great competitors to make the diverse fan base have people to root for, and some people like calm, shy Ryan Blaney that knows a lot about the sport, or Chase Elliott, who's been around racing and has those deep ties to NASCAR and the southern roots of our sport. Those guys are all important.

Kevin Harvick

LoveGreatPeopleRootsCalmDeep

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