O. Henry Quotes

Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If you try to obtain citizenship in it, at once the court and retinue pack the royal archives and treasure and move away beyond the hills.

O. Henry

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 11, 1862 - June 5, 1910

Topics

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The war on Iraq was a disaster, clearly carried out under false pretences.

Joe Wilson

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While also, importantly, not wanting to dumb it down or pretend the days of 'difficult' poetry are over, because we live in a pluralist culture and there's room for 'difficult' poetry alongside rap and everything else. And poetry won't be for everyone, but everyone should have the choice.

Andrew Motion

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I never Google myself. Only if I want to feel really terrible about myself would I do that.

Sienna Miller

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A real hangover is nothing to try out family remedies on. The only cure for a real hangover is death.

Robert Benchley

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It's very unfortunate to see the amount of obstruction the Democrats have put forward. There has not been a point since the beginning of President Trump's term that they have said, 'Let's come to the table. Let's work with you.' Even when they see their own constituents suffering because of their failing healthcare.

Ronna McDaniel

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I write unreliable narrators because - paradoxically - they're the most honest, true-to-life kind there is.

Ruth Ware

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I think God destined that I play. I think it's all in the books already.

Michelle Wie

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Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.

Liz Smith

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I strongly believe that the Founding Fathers of our country got it right: power corrupts, and any time you have too much power concentrated in one place, it tends to get abused, so checks and balances are always needed.

Dean Ornish

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I would say that when you do something out of the goodness of your heart, and you don't know what the repercussions will be, you have to live with that. And it can be devastating. Because the intention was there.

Chrissy Metz

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My basic approach to interviewing is to ask the basic questions that might even sound naive, or not intellectual. Sometimes when you ask the simple questions like 'Who are you?' or 'What do you do?' you learn the most.

Brian Lamb

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I got a tattoo saying, 'Freedom From Fear' because of 'Black Water Transit.'

Brittany Snow

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