Washington Irving Quotes

The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.

Washington Irving

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I always love pulling out my cut-offs. They're just my go-to. They're the most comfortable.

Jessie James Decker

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You scratch a preacher a little bit, and you'll get an actor.

John Cullum

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Churchill is so particular. He's as different from the rest of the population of Britain as he is from me.

John Lithgow

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We value feeling over knowing, because you can't prove something that hasn't been done before.

Angela Ahrendts

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I think most actors like to do things that are right outside of their comfort zone.

Stephanie Beatriz

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I enjoy doing TV than movies. I do enjoy watching music reality shows but never get approached to participate in reality shows. I also enjoy reading books and take time to finish them.

Sriti Jha

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I think it's a shame that the day somebody hears about a shooting, the first thing they think about is, 'How can I go promote my gun control agenda?' as opposed to saying, 'How do I go pray and help the families that are suffering?'

Steve Scalise

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Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime.

Tony Blair

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Freddie had this unbelievable power and stamina. He had range both in his voice and in style. It's hard to find someone that can do everything he could do.

Roger Taylor

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The fact that a wrestling program called 'Raw' could be the longest running television show in the history of television, bar nobody - nobody can now say we're not on the map.

Roddy Piper

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I pretty much believe that a film is a film and when an audience watches a film, they finish it.

Mike Mills

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Lived religion is a very different thing from strict textual analysis. Very few people of any faith live their lives as literalist interpretations of scripture.

Mohsin Hamid

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