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Samuel Butler Quotes

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: british
Birth: December 4, 1835 - June 18, 1902

Topics

Life Nature Morning Human Human Life

By making yourself better, that's how you make your team better.

Jimmy Garoppolo

Yourself Team Better You Your How

I love doing period work, like all the trappings and the wigs and everything. It really helps when it's such a different world that you're immersing yourself in; it helps to get into the story, I think, and step into that different place.

Work Love Yourself Step World Think

Doing 20 minutes of stretching, light weights and floor exercises three times a week takes the same amount of time as a long coffee break - and eating a tuna fish salad, sardines on toast or scrambled eggs is surely preferable to a Big Mac or KFC.

Time Light Coffee Eating Fish Doing

I think the thing about that was I was always willing to work; I was not the fastest or biggest player but I was determined to be the best football player I could be on the football field and I think I was able to accomplish that through hard work.

Work Hard Work Best Football Think

Every writer is an outsider.

Andrew Sean Greer

Outsider Writer Every

I'm not a highly outgoing person. I'm pretty guarded when you first meet me. But being in a Speedo for my entire life growing up, because I was a swimmer, and being naked in front of people now, doesn't really bother me.

Life People Me Growing Up You Meet

You have heard me say many times that I want strong leaders who feel free to express their opinions.

Me Free Strong Feel Opinions You

I remember watching 'A Streetcar Named Desire' when I was quite young, I was about 12, or 13, and I watched it, thinking, 'Wow. That is pretty cool. I'd like to do something like that.'

Aneurin Barnard

Cool Thinking Remember Desire Young

We all know that change is inevitable. It provides us with a challenge and an opportunity to grow and improve and to attract new members with new ideas.

Change Opportunity Challenge Ideas

People, when they go on stage, tend to be animated and try to force things out instead of relaxing and bringing it in.

People Go Try Stage Out Force

I feel like I have at least begun to make a contribution, but my most significant concern has to do with whether my actual art will be preserved for future generations or be erased.

Future Art Feel Will Contribution

Musclemen grow on trees. They can tense their muscles and look good in a mirror. So what? I'm interested in practical strength that's going to help me run, jump, twist, punch.

Strength Good Mirror Me Trees Help

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