Washington Irving Quotes

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

Washington Irving

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 3, 1783 - November 28, 1859

Topics

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I write something that I believe I've made up, and it's only when a friend later points it out to me that I realise I've been writing about myself again.

Jo Nesbo

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I love when guys come at the beginning of the game and start talking trash. It gets me going.

Joel Embiid

LoveBeginningMeStartGameTrash

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it's the real test of your character and of your faith to say, 'Things are not going our way, but I'm still being good to people; I'm still attending church; I still have a good attitude.'

Joel Osteen

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Twins are usually hailed with delight, because they swell the power of the family, though in some instances they are put to death.

John Hanning Speke

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What other people think about me is not my business.

Michael J. Fox

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It's weird that I've ended up playing so many real live people, because I was never any good at impersonations at school.

Michael Sheen

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In the place where I was a child, there were no artists and there was no art, so I really didn't know what that meant. I think I thought it meant that I would be in a situation different than the one that I was in.

Jasper Johns

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My goal when I first started in the WWE was to stand out.

Dolph Ziggler

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If you're going to win games, you're going to have to come up with the big hits. That's the bottom line.

Derek Jeter

WinYouGamesLineUpBig

I have friends in prison. I send them money. I send them food. They say, 'Bro, get me out of here.' There's nothing I can do. They're five years in on a 20-year sentence. They went in at 16, they'll get out at 36. That's a lifetime.

Draymond Green

FoodMoneyMePrisonFriendsI Can

We can't live any more in a world which is based on stuff and not ideas. If you want to live with the world of stuff, we're all doomed.

Dean Kamen

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To develop political and economic power in a capitalist society, you need capital.

Bobby Seale

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