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Washington Irving Quotes

Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted.

Washington Irving

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Enthusiasm True Indeed Eloquence

When you are small, and you have to try and prove yourself, it is tough. When others are catching up and copy you, that's tough. We constantly need to change ourselves to stay ahead of the game.

Change Yourself Small Game Tough

Time has nothing to do with the gifts that the gods give you; it's what you do.

Time You Nothing Gifts Give Gods

I believe it's wrong to say someone can't do his or her job because of their heritage.

Job Believe Someone Heritage Wrong

I define my work as a feminist act and a political act because I'm black and a woman. You don't necessarily have to claim that, but the act of making art itself is a political and feminist act when you're a woman.

Mickalene Thomas

Work Art Woman Black Political You

Books are really fun because your 'voice' is pretty undiluted. There is a very direct connection between yourself and your audience. You will have an editor, but their job is to help you clarify or improve your voice, not change it.

Change Job Yourself Fun Voice Help

I was raised Jewish. I didn't know anything about Christianity.

Know Jewish I Was Raised Anything

I was a shy, awkward sort of a boy and my father's frequent absences from home, along with my hero worship for him, made me even shyer.

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Father Home Hero Me Boy Shy

We must never throw away a bushel of truth because it happens to contain a few grains of chaff.

Truth Never Away Because Must Throw

I'm always a little nervous when someone comes from other media into writing comics. It's a unique storytelling form, and it requires both talent and respect.

Brian Stelfreeze

Respect Talent Writing Someone Media

Dramatic experience is not logical; it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that we indicate when we speak, in criticism, of form.

Experience Speak Criticism Kind May

Whether someone like Klitschko wins, loses, draws, or gets knocked out in five seconds, he is still a big name.

Name Someone Out Big Knocked Five

Many seniors understand that Social Security is social insurance as opposed to a program where we put money aside for our own retirement. But most elderly individuals think they're getting their money back. So it isn't selfishness as much as a misunderstanding.

Money Think Retirement Insurance Own

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