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Adlai Stevenson I Quotes

What a man knows at fifty that he did not know at twenty is for the most part incommunicable.

Adlai Stevenson I

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: american
Birth: October 23, 1835 - June 14, 1914

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Man Know Fifty Twenty Knows Most

I've polished up stories for their reprinted appearances. I guess there's always something to be changed or improved, but one could get carried away and work on one story indefinitely. I'm too restless for that, too eager to begin the next one.

Work Story Always Next Begin Up

All that counts in life is intention.

Life Intention Counts

All my life, books have felt alive; some more so than people, or rather, some people. Alive - this has to do with me, I know, and not the books - in a way that some people aren't. Alive as teachers, alive as minds, alive as imaginative triggers.

Life People Me My Life Alive Know

Watching the evening news in 2011 is a strange time-travel experience. 'The CBS Evening News,' 'ABC World News' and 'NBC Nightly News' haven't changed their style over the decades, still going for that old-fashioned mix of voice-of-authority pomp and feel-good fluff. The difference is that people aren't watching.

Style Experience People World News

I wanted to show a normal young girl whose only difference was that she behaved in the way a boy might, without any sense of guilt on a moral or sexual level.

Girl Guilt Moral Young Boy Way

If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people.

Struggle Support People Writing More

As you become aware of what has robbed you of the purity of an innocent mind, a clear heart and a strong body, you will be deeply served by letting go of those familiar limitations.

Heart Mind Strong Letting Go Body

I'm embarrassed to admit that I didn't even do my A-levels.

Admit Embarrassed Even

I think there are pros and cons to social networking, but on a social, personal level, it's just not for me.

Me Networking Think Personal Level

Sometimes I feel like John Wayne.

Feel Sometimes I Feel Like Like John

If America's Founding Fathers espoused openness to religion, creationism, and the Bible being taught in schools, then it beckons the question, Why don't we?

Religion Bible America Why Question

I don't think we're politically correct when we're private. I don't know what 'politically correct' means.

Think Know Politically Correct Means

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