Edward Carpenter Quotes

I was in the Square at the time. The crowd was a most good-humoured, easy going, smiling crowd; but presently it was transformed. A regiment of mounted police came cantering up.

Edward Carpenter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 29, 1844 - June 28, 1929

Topics

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If you don't like or care about your job, what's the big deal?

Jessica Cutler

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If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.

John Henry Newman

SoarNeverContentGroundMustSure

The World Bank adjusts its poverty estimates for differences in prices across countries, but it ignores differences in needs.

Angus Deaton

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A lot of stand-up comedy is embarrassing: too many idiots doing it in orange neckties against brick walls. I find most sitcoms embarrassing, too, because they seem so forced.

Tracey Ullman

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Ron Swanson is more than the MVP of the 'Parks and Recreation' squad, more than just the funniest character on TV - he's the perfect depiction of aggrieved American manhood at the twilight of the empire.

Rob Sheffield

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The Brat Pack is timeless.

Rob Lowe

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Even as a feminist, my whole life I'd been waiting for a man to love who could love me. For decades, I'd thought that man would be my father. When I was 25, I met that man, and he was my brother.

Mona Simpson

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Love often wears a mask in order to test loyalty.

Minna Antrim

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Our nation has a regrettable history of drawing down our forces and readiness after each conflict, only to find ourselve ill-prepared for the next great struggle.

Mitch McConnell

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I've always wanted to sing and to be an entertainer. After high school, I moved from New Orleans to Los Angeles and started songwriting. But I didn't really get serious until then.

Luke James

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Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire - in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom?

Lord Byron

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Somehow, in my head, I don't think I'll die. I know that everybody dies, of course. I just think that it'll never come to me. It's crazy, but there it is.

Don Rickles

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