George Gissing Quotes

The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one.

George Gissing

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: November 22, 1857 - December 28, 1903

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I'm not rational enough to be a good journalist.

Jim Harrison

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Whenever I watch a show and twentysomethings have a lot of 'Star Wars' references, I know it's written by a 40-year-old dude.

Anders Holm

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I am a fancy dress grump, to be honest.

Matt Smith

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From the ages of 12 to 35 my body, not my mind, was my primary currency. My ideas, my humor, my curiosity - none of those were valued as much as my body, which preceded me into almost every room.

Amanda de Cadenet

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I think the thread running through most midwives is the passion.

Sissy Spacek

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I love all that kind of gothic Bram Stoker kind of thing. I love to get lost in that kind of escapism.

Rob Halford

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I'm not looking at money, percentage points or grosses. This is my life, you know? To me, every day matters.

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

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I never had a dream of becoming anything, someone really high or a politician.

Julia Perez

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As social secretary, I was responsible for putting together all the events that the President and the First Lady host.

Desiree Rogers

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I tried playing the drums, and I could play 'Boys Don't Cry' by The Cure.

Brian Posehn

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Trump's blatant racism and demonization of Muslims, Mexicans, and immigrants also serves as a foil for white evangelicals. By othering these groups, Trump allows evangelicals to persist in their belief that white Anglo-saxon Protestantism is the default for true American Christianity and is best suited to lead America as a 'Christian Nation.'

Anthea Butler

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You know, I was on 'Cheers' for eight years, and I couldn't get another job, and I thought, 'I'm going to be Woody Boyd forever.' Which is not bad, but I really thought I was capable of more.

Woody Harrelson

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