T. E. Lawrence Quotes

The common base of all the Semitic creeds, winners or losers, was the ever present idea of world-worthlessness. Their profound reaction from matter led them to preach bareness, renunciation, poverty; and the atmosphere of this invention stifled the minds of the desert pitilessly.

T. E. Lawrence

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: August 16, 1888 - May 19, 1935

Topics

DesertPresentPovertyMatterMinds

I don't know, examination I guess. And then they put the jump suit back on me again. I went through the compound - I remember somebody shouting, Jim don't let them break you.

Jim Bakker

MeRememberYouBackJumpKnow

You spend so much time in the world of virtual that the actual - which nothing is more actual than stand-up - it's a painful experience for the audience, and the comedian a lot of time - we miss that.

Jerry Seinfeld

TimeExperienceWorldYouNothing

Christianity in the Middle East is shattered. The ancient faith tradition lies beaten, broken, and dying.

Jeff Fortenberry

FaithBrokenTraditionDyingMiddle

Government buffer-stock schemes are rife with politics, and instead of generating profits from buying low and selling high, they tend to generate losses.

Steve Hanke

PoliticsGovernmentSellingHighLow

As it turns out, my grandmother, my mother, my wife, and my daughter are all women, and I like those people. I'm concerned about the issues that they face in their lives. So I'm a feminist, but that's not all I am.

Tommy Lee Jones

MotherWomenDaughterWifeI AmOut

Selling out Saudi women is an old-established tradition.

Mona Eltahawy

WomenTraditionSellingOutSaudi

I like 'Notting Hill.' If you can do a movie that's simple, but do it well, there's room for that.

Chris Evans

SimpleYouHillRoomWellLike

I was 17 or 18 when 'The Twist' came along, and the rest is history. Sometimes I regret it. I would have gotten more into acting. I would have been more of a legitimate performer onstage like Liza Minnelli. But I got so caught up in the dance thing that I never got into theater.

Chubby Checker

HistoryDanceRestRegretActingUp

For me, it's not like I am going to look at the money the director's film has made before their film... For me, it is about working with the director whose work I have admired.

Anushka Sharma

WorkMoneyI AmMeLookDirector

I am drawn to characters that go on journeys, characters that are real people, that have life.

Penelope Wilton

LifeI AmPeopleGoRealCharacters

The Earth has been lawned with life for something over 3.5 billion years. That's a span of time great enough to encompass some honest-to-goodness catastrophe. For example, 700 million years ago, Earth underwent a planet-wide deep freeze, with ice covering the oceans from the poles to the equator.

Seth Shostak

LifeGreatTimeDeepEnoughIce

China continues to welcome foreign investment, and the door will open even further.

Li Keqiang

WelcomeDoorInvestmentWillOpen

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