Jacob Riis Quotes

Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

Jacob Riis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: danish
  • Birth: May 3, 1849 - May 26, 1914

Topics

StoneLookKnowRockWillWithout

The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest.

John Buchanan Robinson

OwnSuitMayInterestFooledHe

Mergers and acquisitions, we are always looking for that.

John L. Flannery

LookingAlwaysMergersAcquisitions

Becoming interested in poetics got me interested in theater. Theater is supposed to be poetry, you know, before it's anything else. It just doesn't fly if it isn't musical.

Steve Earle

PoetryMeFlyYouKnowAnything

I love the dancing and the music from Latin cultures. I went to a Flamenco show in Spain once, and it completely took my breath away!

Torrey DeVitto

LoveMusicCulturesDancingBreath

And when you redefine the family other than what the Creator intended when he established it, then you look at the devolution of civilization.

Tony Evans

FamilyYouLookCivilizationCreator

The country experience was more of a departure. When you consider my education and my upbringing, you can see that was more of country rock outgrowth of my popular music aspirations.

Tom Wopat

EducationMusicExperienceYouRock

I grew up poor and white. While my class oppression has been relatively visible to me, my race privilege has not. In my efforts to uncover how race has shaped my life, I have gained deeper insight by placing race in the center of my analysis and asking how each of my other group locations have socialized me to collude with racism.

Robin DiAngelo

LifeRacismMeMy LifeWhiteGroup

My family is not at all involved in television, or film, or theatre, or any of it, really.

Missi Pyle

FamilyTheatreTelevisionFilmAny

I think the merging of high and low culture is so fascinating.

Lola Kirke

CultureThinkHighLowI Think

If you're going to do something wrong, do it big, because the punishment is the same either way.

Jayne Mansfield

YouWrongWayPunishmentSameBig

I used to practice cello while watching TV and films. I watched several complete TV series this way, including 'Lost' and 'The Wire.' As a kid, I'd read books while playing.

Joshua Roman

PracticeLostWayWatchingKidUsed

I think that with West Ham, it was more complicated for me. It happened naturally; there was urgency to leave West Ham.

Dimitri Payet

MeThinkComplicatedUrgencyMore

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