Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

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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I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I'm doing.

Jimmy Page

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I never got a degree; I just started writing.

Joe R. Lansdale

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I used to think I was going to die wise, and now, the one wisdom I have is I know very little.

Mary Steenburgen

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In Congress, there are some who are unashamed to aspire to eloquence, even to scholarship, but the only state legislator I ever knew who would not join in the mispronounceciation of a word for the sake of camaraderie with her fellows was former State Senator and Congresswoman Barbara Jordan.

Molly Ivins

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Fiction writing and journalism, in my experience, are really excellent training grounds for each other.

Monica Hesse

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My experience in uniform has shaped my life and informed who I am like no other, and it's difficult for me to wrap my mind around the idea that I will no longer be a soldier.

Jason Kander

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I'm never going to be in a comfort zone. I always want to be a better player, person. I want to help my team get the goals that we are aiming for.

Javier Hernandez

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The anger that Uncle Junior has comes from my background. My father was the son of an Italian immigrant, and I've seen the fire of the Italian temperament. It can be explosive sometimes in ways that are both funny and tragic.

Dominic Chianese

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As Michigan's voice on the Senate Finance Committee and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, I will continue working to make sure the next generation of advanced technologies and alternative fuel vehicles are made right here in America.

Debbie Stabenow

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Just as you can't blindly follow fashion, you can't follow fitness, either.

Anushka Sharma

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I feel that for years of teaching in the country and reading criticism in books, I feel like the things most needed in our culture are the understanding of the meanings of our music. We haven't done that good of job teaching our kids what our music means or how we developed our taste in music that reminds us and teaches us who we are.

Wynton Marsalis

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It started last year, during the summer. I went to the doctor and they found out it was kidney stones, so they had surgery done to help get those out and to pass them... More just kept coming in. So I had all together before the last show... I had like five surgeries.

Phillip Phillips

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