Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the appearance of one of these two sides, to find the other: given the upper, to find the under side.

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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Wedding rings need to be sparkly to remind us not to have sex with other people.

Andrea Savage

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Learning is a tunnel experience that makes us think more broadly.

Anna Deavere Smith

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We did a thing that we would call we call 'hirstories.' H - I - R - S - T - O - R - Y. I would enact a young Mort. And that always felt - it was so funny - it felt more difficult than playing Maura.

Jeffrey Tambor

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'Griot' is a French word which means, you know, really, literally, 'cry.' You know, like the town crier. You know, they come in and say, you know, 'It's nine o'clock; everything is cool.' You know, 'President Bush is a fool.' I mean, stuff like that just to tell you. But for the kind of, the African thing is called djali.

Amiri Baraka

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I was living in a large apartment with no furniture, just a typewriter, and because I had nothing else to do with my time, it made me take my writing seriously.

Simon Van Booy

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To be sure, the Fair Tax is a big idea. However, I believe America was built on big ideas, and I was elected to Congress to fight for those big ideas, not nibble around the edges of a broken and destructive system. The FairTax would be a real stimulus for economic growth, and it wouldn't cost taxpayers a dime.

Rob Woodall

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Let's face it. How often do you see an Asian face in films and television? They are practically invisible. Now and then, you will get one, and, interestingly, he gets the role of a scientist. Isn't that interesting?

Rita Moreno

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I never thought, growing up, I'd be a TV host.

Rob Gronkowski

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Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

David Starr Jordan

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If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.

Allen Iverson

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But I'd be lying if I didn't say that every time you go to make a film, you're desperate to either do it better than you did it last time or to not repeat yourself.

Paul Thomas Anderson

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Everybody comes to the journalist with an agenda.

Shepard Smith

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