Elbert Hubbard Quotes

The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.

Elbert Hubbard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 19, 1856 - May 7, 1915

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I'm very proud to be a member of the Congress. And I'm proud to serve with people like Mike Doyle.

Joe Barton

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Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism.

Joe Biden

GoodPatriotismFightingCorruption

The difference between great actors and the rest of us isn't simply that they know how to make more out of less, but that, like lions at the watering hole, they will always take more than their share from the pool of available resources - extra air from the room, added knowledge from our faces.

John Burnham Schwartz

KnowledgeGreatRestPoolKnowWill

Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department.

Tom Peters

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The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts.

Ronald Reagan

SecurityCreateNewIsraelGreatest

I wanted each of my books to be very different from the others, each to be special and uncategorizable, and I knew I could only do that a few times before I was in danger of repeating myself.

Michel Faber

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My work is purely autobiographical... It is about myself and my surroundings.

Lucian Freud

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Go for Dr. Bowen as soon as you can. I think father is hurt.

Lizzie Andrew Borden

FatherThinkHurtYouGoSoon

I think you sense the metaphorical resonance of what you're writing without analysing it too carefully. That leads you down dead ends. You stop imagining things and start writing towards these themes.

Joseph O'Neill

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I was always a history buff.

Clive Cussler

HistoryAlwaysBuff

Namor has shades of grey but always ends up doing the right thing. I've played characters with an edge - played villains if not super villains - and he's an anti-hero.

Brian Tee

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Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.

William Gurnall

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