Lascelles Abercrombie Quotes

It seems difficult, sometimes, to believe that there was a time when sentiments now become habitual, sentiments that imply not only the original imperative of conduct, but the original metaphysic of living, were by no means altogether habitual.

Lascelles Abercrombie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 9, 1881 - October 27, 1938

Topics

TimeBelieveSometimesLivingBecome

I don't care about money. I really don't care. I just want to do what I do.

John Galliano

MoneyCareWantJustAboutReally

Hubble showed us the marvel and majesty of stars being born.

John M. Grunsfeld

StarsBornBeingUsMarvelMajesty

The times in my life I've felt the most alive is when I'm having a connection with people. We need to hack cities in a way to bring back that community culture.

John Zimmer

LifeCommunityCulturePeopleBack

If I'm feeling something, I have a lot of different ways to express it, you know? I can write an article about it. I can write a screenplay about it. I can act in someone's thing.

Josh Radnor

SomeoneYouFeelingI CanKnowAct

When I was 20, I wrote a film on spec and sent it to the BBC. They wrote back, 'Usually, when we reject submissions, we like to offer some encouragement, but in your case, we don't see any point in you continuing.' I took it as encouragement anyway, thinking that only people who write terrible things are capable of writing great things.

Jon Ronson

GreatPeopleWritingThinkingYou

I don't play in tournaments, but I follow some.

Boris Spassky

PlayFollowSomeTournaments

No one respects the First Amendment more than I do. People have a right to express their concerns and their hopes and dreams to their government.

Anthony Foxx

DreamsGovernmentPeopleFirstRight

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Winston Churchill

ChangeMindWhoSubjectHisFanatic

All I ever wanted to do when I was a kid was be in a Broadway musical and to be in 'Star Trek,' and I can finally say I've done that.

Wilson Cruz

I CanDoneSayKidStarBroadway

I had no idea that mothering my own child would be so healing to my own sadness from my childhood.

Susie Bright

ParentingChildhoodChildHealing

Belarus is a closed, authoritarian system, and the theme of Chernobyl is also a closed topic.

Svetlana Alexievich

AuthoritarianThemeSystemClosed

Western Europe has been redefining the nation state since 1945 when it formed the European Union following World War II.

Pete Hoekstra

WarWorldWorld War IINationEurope

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