Laurence Housman Quotes

That was luck: I should not then have been a conscientious objector; but I am quite sure that the abominations of war would have made me one, as soon as I got to the front.

Laurence Housman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I AmWarMeLuckSureBeen

I believe every artiste, at some point, needs to take a step back.

Adnan Sami

StepBelieveBackI BelievePoint

I would go so far as to say that I mostly write terrible things. I mean, my first drafts are so appalling.

Jennifer Egan

GoSayMeanWriteFirstThings

When France fell in 1940, De Gaulle was a temporary brigadier general.

John Eisenhower

TemporaryFranceGeneralFell

All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.

Robert Southey

LifeWordsLiePracticeNothing

Shetland's influences are far more Scandinavian than Celtic.

Ann Cleeves

MoreInfluencesFarThanCeltic

I developed my love for the news because of my love for international news.

Steve Breen

LoveNewsBecauseInternational

I was taught in school that I have to look out for number one. That was against everything that I intuitively felt.

Tom Shadyac

SchoolLookEverythingOutAgainst

There are terrible, terrible memories of September 11th, things that I saw, people that I lost, the devastation, the identification of bodies. I mean, all these memories come back to you at different times. And then the other side of it this tremendous response with the firefighters and the police officers saving people, the rescue workers.

Rudy Giuliani

MemoriesPolicePeopleYouBack

I wasn't a cheerleader or the prom queen. I don't move through the world with a mirror in front of my face, and I've never been attracted to projects that had an emphasis on what I look like.

Michael Michele

MirrorQueenWorldFaceLookNever

There is no substitute - none - for American power.

Michael T. Flynn

PowerAmericanNoneSubstitute

You got to have a lot of courage. Secondly, whatever it is you're doing, you have to believe in it wholeheartedly. Thirdly, you have to be able to stand up in front of people and know that they'll laugh.

Don Rickles

CouragePeopleStand UpBelieveYou

To suggest that immigration is the exclusive domain of the federal government, disallowing partnerships with local law enforcement, defies the will of Congress, not to mention reality. Numerous local jurisdictions have laws on the books dealing with immigration in a variety of ways.

Asa Hutchinson

GovernmentLawLaw EnforcementWill

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