Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 29, 1809 - October 7, 1894

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What I did was I completed the half-hour film, but before really showing it, I wrote two more sections for a potential feature film which I didn't think would really happen, but at least I had it in case.

Jim Jarmusch

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I'm so thankful for the active obedience of Christ. No hope without it.

John Gresham Machen

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I had a mother who was very emotionally demanding, wanting to be the centre of attention. As they say in EastEnders, she thought it was all about 'er. I spent a lot of time trying to work out what was going on.

Andrew Davies

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It is in our culture that we don't want to admit that our culture is good.

Melvyn Bragg

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What we're doing for another person is more important than what we're feeling for them.

Michael Haneke

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'Slumdog Millionaire' is a fairy tale, but it starts in a place you really believe, and that came from spending two months wandering around the slums picking up stories and talking to people.

Simon Beaufoy

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Young people need to know there are ways for them to navigate this life.

RuPaul

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I like it when hard work pays off.

Mikaela Shiffrin

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We want to protect freedom of speech, but it is not unlimited freedom of speech. There has always been rules around defamation, slander and libel, and in Victoria, we have effective rules on racial and religious vilification.

Denis Napthine

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I always compare myself to the best.

Bradley Wiggins

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More Missourians are working than ever before.

Bob Holden

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If I have a talent for making some fourth-grader who hates school and reading to hate it a little less, then I have to do the most with what I've been issued.

Brian P. Cleary

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