Laurence Housman Quotes

The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When the Great War started I was too old to be acceptable as a volunteer; when conscription followed I was too old to be conscripted.

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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I have a lot of boyfriends, I want you to write that. Every country I visit, I have a different boyfriend. And I kiss them all.

Anna Kournikova

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I like characters who have blind spots and are full of themselves, but there also needs to be vulnerability.

Stephan Pastis

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Sometimes words are just music themselves. Like 'Chicago' is a very musical sounding name.

Tom Waits

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Christie led the way - with a bulldozer. The governor is blunt, brash, and self-consciously authentic, the antithesis to what turns off today's voters: flip-flopping politicians who speak in poll-tested platitudes. Yes, he's the anti-Romney.

Ron Fournier

TodaySpeakWayPoliticiansYesOff

Every time I put out music and it goes well, it's a confirmation of your taste and your gut.

Russ

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The platform doesn't really matter to me, whether it's stage or theatre or even a web series. I just am more interested in, like, if it's a story that I would want to watch and if it's a character that I feel like I can contribute something to, then that's really what gets me.

Julia Stiles

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There are a lot of characters that you can get into that don't exist in the studio world.

Josh Hutcherson

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I feel like I'm always learning from people.

Douglas Brinkley

LearningPeopleFeelAlwaysLike

Remember that you are not a damsel in distress, waiting for some prince to rescue you. Forget that prince. With your brain and your resourcefulness, you can rescue yourself.

Brad Meltzer

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On 'The Chase,' I don't know what questions are going to appear, so they deliberately try and catch me out.

Bradley Walsh

MeQuestionsKnowTryOutGoing

To me, the most exciting thing about the discovery of the Higgs particle is that its existence was predicted fifty years before its discovery through experiment.

Ashoke Sen

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The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction.

Allen Ginsberg

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