Nat Turner Quotes

Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer.

Nat Turner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 2, 1800 - November 11, 1831

Topics

GreatTimeMyselfPrayerSociety

I've always liked traveling around Europe and seeing the architecture. The buildings in capital cities have been there for hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years. Some look better than the new ones.

Joe Elliott

ArchitectureBetterBuildingsLook

I will only praise someone who can't take anything away from me.

Joan Rivers

MeSomeoneWillPraiseAnythingWho

One thing I've learned from my parents and from observing all the artists I've been lucky enough to grow up around is that you've got to be brave.

Maya Hawke

ParentsBraveGrowEnoughYouLucky

That shot might not have been as good as it might have been.

John Motson

GoodMightBeenShot

I get most of my news from the Jon Stewart Daily Show. It's the most level commentary you can find. You have to laugh, because it's all so true. It's the closest thing to a counterculture.

John Mayall

DailyLaughYouFindNewsTrue

Life is so fresh, life is every day so new if we are fighting, only for the best. Sometimes I think the only real satisfaction in life is failure, failure in your endeavor to do your best.

Maude Adams

LifeFailureBestDayDo Your Best

Kids don't know about best sellers. They go for what they enjoy. They aren't star chasers and they don't suck up. It's why I like them.

Maurice Sendak

BestEnjoyGoKnowWhyUp

There's little kids on trains coming up to me, singing my theme song, and they can barely walk.

Andy Milonakis

WalkMeSingingSongThemeUp

It has been said that I make chick flicks. This is not a compliment.

Amy Pascal

SaidComplimentBeenMakeChick

I had started writing for 'Sports Illustrated,' which was really my dream job growing up. But the writing probably read like I was auditioning to write for 'Letterman' or '70s-era Carson.

Steve Rushin

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Al Gore has been one of my closest friends since the day we met, on the first day of college, 35 years ago.

Tommy Lee Jones

DayCollegeFriendsFirstYearsMet

Stopping TB requires a government program that functions every day of the year, and that's hard in certain parts of the world. And partly it's because of who tuberculosis affects: It tends to affect the poor and disenfranchised most.

Tom Frieden

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