Laurence Housman Quotes

I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth; religion had become for me not so much a possession as an obsession, which I was trying to throw off, and this iconoclastic tale of an imaginary tribe was the result.

Laurence Housman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: playwright
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 18, 1865 - February 20, 1959

Topics

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We don't suggest that because San Francisco lies on top of an earthquake fault that it should be moved.

John Breaux

TopFaultSan FranciscoEarthquake

I feel like I'm part of history being made. I leave Apple board meetings thinking, 'I've got to do a better job.'

Andrea Jung

HistoryJobThinkingBetterMeetings

George W. Bush has much to evaluate: he has presided over the most sweeping redesign of U.S. grand strategy since the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

John Lewis Gaddis

StrategyOverPresidencyGrandMost

No virtue is safe that is not enthusiastic.

John Robert Seeley

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My mom calls me 'baby face.' It's very embarrassing.

Stephen Colletti

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It is not enough for us to merely continue to talk about and contribute to the echo chamber of white noise of what's wrong with America or for candidates to spout off silly poll-tested talking points about national security or foreign policy.

Ron DeSantis

AmericaEnoughTalkingSecurityTalk

I was an unremarkable student with passable looks and a direct personality.

Judy Sheindlin

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We're losing track of the vastness of the potential for computer science. We really have to revive the beautiful intellectual joy of it, as opposed to the business potential.

Jaron Lanier

BusinessScienceBeautifulJoyTrack

People are forever finding something wrong with you.

Brigitte Bardot

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Much has been written about the life of the mind.

Annie Dillard

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I was perceiving myself as good as a man or equal to a man and as powerful and I wanted to look ambiguous because I thought that was a very interesting statement to make through the media. And it certainly did cause quite a few ripples and interest and shock waves.

Annie Lennox

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As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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