James Branch Cabell Quotes

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

James Branch Cabell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 14, 1879 - May 5, 1958

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But I think there's a genuine joy, too, a sense that no matter what, even if my stomach's growling, I'm going to dance. That's what I want to leave people with at the end of the play. After all this, people still know how to live.

Jessica Hagedorn

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I worked for a big department store, and strangely, on my first day, they put me in charge of Christmas wrapping. I didn't know how to wrap a present and make it not look like it fell off a truck.

Joel Edgerton

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A lot of times, people think 'para' as far as 'paralyzed.' 'Para' means 'alongside,' so the Paralympics are alongside the Olympics on the same courses, the same hills.

Amy Purdy

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I am truly obsessed with Lena Dunham. I find everything about her unique and refreshing. She is a brilliant, hilarious and honest writer who is not afraid to make her audience uncomfortable.

Spencer Kayden

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I would say a full-time waiter in a high-price house could easily make $75,000, $80,000 a year.

Tom Douglas

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Is it any wonder, why the approval ratings of the Congress go up every time we go into recess?

Robert Byrd

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Everyone's a critic: when you are doing something good, everybody wants to bring you down, and that's something I've been told. People want to see you do good, but not too good.

Roman Reigns

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Looking at the world from other species' points of view is a cure for the disease of human self-importance. You suddenly realize that consciousness - which we value and we consider the crowning achievement of nature, human consciousness - is really just another set of tools for getting along in the world.

Michael Pollan

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I'm just honored that people still like us and people are still nice to me.

Johnny Ramone

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I get to listen and enjoy music that is partially mine. Maybe influenced and guided. I created some simple outlines, but ultimately, I'm hearing a derivative work.

Deadmau5

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I've always been fascinated with Navy SEALs in general and their role in Afghanistan in particular.

Christopher McQuarrie

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But they were going to war anyway and they were going to bully and pressure countries to vote for it.

Clare Short

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