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W. H. Davies Quotes

Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.'

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: welsh
Birth: July 3, 1871 - September 26, 1940

Topics

Alone Childhood Man Road Say Mood

There are things one must do for oneself.

Things Must Oneself

I just think we need to find a way, because we don't dispose of them very well; they have very bad chemicals in them. If we could just find a way, maybe start at a small step with eliminating batteries perhaps in small electronic devices, and then possibly in the future go bigger, that would be great.

Future Great Step Small Start Think

I'm an American songbook guy, though I've got eclectic tastes. I really love the American songbook. I've taken up the ukulele, and so you can play 'Five Foot Two' and Hawaiian music, but you can also do some of the great tunes, like 'You Go to My Head,' 'I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry,' 'Taking a Chance on Love.'

Love Music Great Tears Chance You

At one time, I wanted to be a WWE wrestler. I still do. I want to go in the ring once and mess around and jump off the ropes and do a Stone Cold stunt.

Time Cold Stone Jump Go Want

War isn't just about bravery and courage and jingoism and patriotism. It's also fundamentally about grief. And the people that go and do the fighting and the dying are never the people who actually benefit from the fighting and the dying.

Courage Grief Patriotism War People

So in the House and Senate, we own the budget. So what does that mean? That means that we can pass the spending bill.

Mitch McConnell

Budget House Mean Own Pass Means

I don't have too much spare time, but I try to play games as much as possible. I played a little growing up, but I never played any tennis games before.

Time Growing Up Too Much Play Never

My best country record only sold 200,000 copies.

Best Country Only Record Sold

I worked a full-time job at a place call Caraustar. We recycle paper, then through recycled paper, we take it and we make V board out of it. If you buy a TV, a new couch, you see these little V boards that make like a V.

Demetrious Johnson

Job You Place New See Out

I'm not homophobic. I mean, who cares? You know the state of the world, and you're only here for about 70, 80, years, so why do people worry about somebody's sex life? It's bonkers, really.

Life People World Worry You Sex

I've never stopped writing, never stopped recording.

Writing Never Recording Stopped

Once a place becomes special, it's no longer special.

Place Special Once Longer Becomes

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