Katharine Lee Bates Quotes

Surely martyrs, irrespective of the special phase of the divine idea for which they gladly give up their bodies to torture and to death, are the truest heroes of history.

Katharine Lee Bates

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 12, 1859 - March 28, 1929

Topics

HistoryDeathSpecialHeroesDivine

I have never been an activist for anything.

Jim Parsons

NeverAnythingBeenActivist

As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.

Mel Brooks

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God, I love John Cassavetes.

Angela Sarafyan

LoveGodI LoveJohn

'Parsifal' is one of the great examples in art of a work that transcends the personality of the man who wrote it.

Simon Rattle

WorkGreatArtPersonalityManWho

Luckily, the public sees me as a character actor.

Tony Shalhoub

CharacterMeActorPublicSees

Austin sounds a little bit like Aston Martin, which is the type of car James Bond would drive.

Mike Myers

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If I dream that I'm directing, it's not a film, it's like a commercial for cotton candy, and I've got four feet of cotton candy all around me that I've got to break through, like a brick wall or a fortress.

Mike Birbiglia

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I had a bat mitzvah, was confirmed, went to Jewish summer camp, I go to temple for the High Holy Days. I think, like most people in their early 20s, I kind of strayed away from it. I think once I have a family I'll be back into it.

Lizzy Caplan

FamilyPeopleThinkBackEarlyKind

I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.

Lloyd Alexander

BestAdventureWritingLearnWay

I hear from my Inuit and Yupik relatives up north that everything has changed. It's so hot; there is not enough winter. Animals are confused. Ice is melting.

Joy Harjo

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I didn't really start building my own stuff until I was 24, 25 or so, and even then, I ran into a lot of resistance from, like, older folks, like my bosses at other companies or people in the industry that were like, 'Oh that's an interesting idea, but it will never work.' And, I don't know, I kind of believed everything that they told me.

Dennis Crowley

WorkPeopleMeBuildingStartKnow

I don't have a warm personal enemy left. They've all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define me.

Clare Boothe Luce

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