Vera Brittain Quotes

I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading.

Vera Brittain

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 29, 1893 - March 29, 1970

Topics

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Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.

Jeremy Taylor

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For a while, I was only being sent fat-girl parts. Seriously? Sometimes I feel like I'm making some kind of radical statement because I'm a size 6.

Melanie Lynskey

FeelSometimesKindSeriouslySize

I love Bill Finn's stuff. It's so rewarding for an actor. It's conversational but intricate. He writes some beautiful, simple songs and melodies, but he also writes this cacophony for people.

Max von Essen

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I think that has to do with my awareness that in a sense we all have a certain measure of responsibility to those who have made it possible for us to take advantage of the opportunities.

Angela Davis

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Anything can happen in SF. And the fact that nothing ever does happen in SF is only due to the poverty of our imaginations, we who write it or edit it or read it. But SF can in principle deal with anything.

John Sladek

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I'm not one who's big on accolades and all those things. I did my job and I'm proud of what I did and how I did it.

Troy Brown

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In the days of segregation, when blacks were limited to certain neighborhoods, you could look around the black community and identify who the leaders were.

Roger Wilkins

CommunityBlackYouLookSegregation

I spent ninety percent of my money on wine, women and song and just wasted the other ten percent.

Ronnie Hawkins

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Every Republican is on record as saying Obamacare is unacceptable, intolerable, and they're gonna do everything they could to keep it from happening. But, at the moment of truth, they're not.

Rush Limbaugh

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I was so gullible as a kid.

Michael Keaton

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It appears that there is a genocidal plan against Black people.

Louis Farrakhan

PeopleBlackPlanAgainstAppears

Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a wide range of social and cultural factors and therefore not an isolated issue.

Diane Abbott

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