Sabine Baring-Gould Quotes

Among the old Norse, it was the custom for certain warriors to dress in the skins of the beasts they had slain, and thus to give themselves an air of ferocity, calculated to strike terror into the hearts of their foes.

Sabine Baring-Gould

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 28, 1834 - January 2, 1924

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As much as I love Antonioni films, I love the Three Stooges.

Joe Carnahan

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Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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A critic once described me as an 'amiable beanpole.' I got it printed on a T-shirt.

John Gordon Sinclair

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I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with.

John Irving

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Today's kids have a mind of their own, and they know how to exercise it. Even if I wanted to tell Sara or my son Ibrahim how to lead their lives - which I don't - they would not listen to me. Luckily, Sara chose to complete her studies before pursuing acting. She attended Columbia University and then devoted her attention to Bollywood.

Amrita Singh

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The liberals are fighting so hard whenever President Bush appoints any federal judges.

Steve Chabot

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The underlying part of any comprehensive immigration bill is family unit.

Luis Gutierrez

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For my second and third pictures, I won Academy Awards. Nothing worse could have happened to me.

Luise Rainer

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I don't think all music that is considered 'avant-garde' is bad, but it's definitely elitist. I hope my music is not that.

Julia Holter

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As I began to grow, my family thought my obsessive interest in girly things was just a normal developmental phase.

Jazz Jennings

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You gotta have fun.

Derek Jeter

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It is sometimes difficult to view compassion and loving kindness as the strengths they are.

Sharon Salzberg

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