George Edward Woodberry Quotes

A nation's poets are its true owners; and by the stroke of the pen they convey the title-deeds of its real possessions to strangers and aliens.

George Edward Woodberry

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 12, 1855 - January 2, 1930

Topics

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The United States transportation system is the envy of the world.

Jerry Costello

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If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men.

John Stuart Mill

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If I see a roll of Bubble Tape, a bag of Haribo Gold-Bears or a pouch of green-apple Big League Chew, I'm eleven again.

Rosecrans Baldwin

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Almost without exception, President Obama begins serious policy discussions by explaining why everyone else is wrong. After he assigns straw men to your views, he enthusiastically attempts to knock them down with a theatrically earnest re-litigation of what you've missed about his brilliance.

Mitch McConnell

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Use an accountant the first time you file your taxes after becoming a freelancer. It will be worth it.

Jean Chatzky

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I can remember just learning to walk and trying to dance like Elvis and sing like Elvis, so I was very, very passionate about music at a very young age.

Drake Bell

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Write in a disciplined manner, but write in a way that is natural to the individual's thought processes.

Donald McKay

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I wanted Season 2 of Luke Cage to be Ice Cube's 'Death Certificate,' or Fugees' 'The Score,' or Public Enemy's 'It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back,' or my favorite, 'The Low End Theory' by A Tribe Called Quest.

Cheo Hodari Coker

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I will play my part by singing the spirit into every open heart.

Bobby Womack

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I don't love great ideas. I love the little human being.

Svetlana Alexievich

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If you are a Christian, you want to give as much as you can away. It sounds pious, but it's not a duty; it's a kind of joy.

Susan Howatch

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