George Edward Woodberry Quotes

Much of a poet's experience takes place in imagination only; the life he tells is oftenest the life that he strongly desires to live, and the power, the purity and height of his utterance may not seldom be the greater because experience here uses the voices of desire.

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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There's this Afghani kid in Stockholm called Phat Deuce who's started sending us his music, and he's amazing.

Jillionaire

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I'm the first person in my family to go to college.

Jessica Chastain

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The Gospel having spread itself into Persia, the pagan priests, who worshipped the sun, were greatly alarmed, and dreaded the loss of that influence they had hitherto maintained over the people's minds and properties.

John Foxe

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I didn't want to teach. I wanted to act. It was quite a long and difficult road to get there but very thrilling when I did.

John Hurt

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I'm trying to focus on my job. I don't think that being famous is a job. My job is composing, singing, performing, but not being a star.

Stromae

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One of my favorite comedies of all time is 'Terms of Endearment;' that's my pace.

Mike Birbiglia

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When I'm playing, I'm never through. It's unfinished. I like to find a place to leave for someone else to finish it. That's where the high comes in.

Miles Davis

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I'll shout it if they want: Down with isms! Up with a Left that is capable of thinking outside the box! In other words, I am more than completely cured of simplifications, of dividing the world into good and evil, of thinking in black and white. I have repented!

Jose Mujica

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I think that it's possible to have someone who is an anti-hero, who does tear hearts out and break necks, and you can still relate to him on a certain level.

Joseph Morgan

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If the question is, 'Do I wish I made thirty million dollars a year,' the answer is, 'You bet.' If the question is, 'Do I wish I could write like Tom Clancy,' the answer must remain, 'No.'

Christopher Buckley

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I don't understand the rewarding of behavior that is less than classy. I don't get it.

Bonnie Hunt

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Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier.'

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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