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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882

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Hero Last Bore Every Becomes

The funniest thing is not who influenced me positively, but who influenced me negatively. I had such an aversion to what Busby Berkeley did; in my early formative years, I thought it was terrible. Now, I think it's wonderful. But then, I wanted to do anything but what Busby Berkeley did.

Me Think Thought Early Now Anything

Truth can be a matter of perspective, but I also think there's a truth that exists, that there are laws to the universe the way Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King believed.

Truth Perspective King Think Way

Most people with whom I talk, often quite educated, think the military is made up of knife-between-the-teeth grunts, uneducated robots without any kind of free will whatsoever - people who goose step to Republican philosophy and particularly the Bush cowboy mentality.

Step People Free Think Philosophy

'Jaws' freed me to discover that a successful movie didn't make a damn bit of difference to my life.

Life Me My Life Damn Difference

Female poets in the 17th century had these very confined, restricted lives.

Century Poets Female Very Restricted

There are people who say that you can't experiment... That condemns you to failure.

Failure People You Say Experiment

Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired.

Wisdom Experience Lost Illusions Our

If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something.

Music Black Know Call Something

I enjoy creating goals more than scoring them.

Goals Enjoy Creating More Than Them

There's a difference between someone who's 'harsh' and someone who is 'hard.' Life was hard. You lived in the South, as my grandparents did, and you had to survive. That is hard. In order to respond to that, he had to become a hard man, with very hard rules, very hard discipline for himself, very hard days, hard work, et cetera.

Clarence Thomas

Life Work Hard Work Discipline Man

Oh, I don't think Tom Sowell would tell anybody to join the administration. That's not his style. But I think his attitude has always been if it had to be done he'd prefer me to do it than somebody else.

Clarence Thomas

Attitude Style Me Think Done Tell

Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but clones kind of get it wrong because we are promoting individuality and being proud of being yourself.

Yourself Proud Wrong Flattery Kind

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