Laura Riding Quotes

I am not 'in pursuit of truth.' It is not my 'quarry.' I am of my human nature a thinker, and conscious of need, responsibility of thinking-speaking with truth. I do not go about hunting 'truths.'

Laura Riding

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 16, 1901 - September 2, 1991

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As a matter of fact, I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years.

Joe Biden

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People are roasting each other at parties, at work events, around the fire. It's so fun. People are busting each other's chops, and it's a sign of affection, truly. It's a true test of love and friendship: can you make a man laugh at himself? So what makes a good burn? Go after targets you love and respect. And hit 'em hard.

Jeff Ross

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I do think actually in this case the government does get credit for funding some of the basic research.

Steve Case

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The word of the oldest of the old of our peoples didn't stop. It spoke the truth, saying that our feet couldn't walk alone, that our history of pain and shame was repeated and multiplied in the flesh and blood of the brothers and sisters of other lands and skies.

Subcomandante Marcos

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In some ways I grew up in the public library in Troy, Michigan.

Robin Sloan

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If I have a weakness, it's for timepieces - if I see one I like and can afford it, I'll buy it.

Ross Kemp

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Don't make your journey through life harder by placing rules on yourself like, 'I can't get married till I get promoted to your dream job.'

Mika Brzezinski

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There does not exist a category of science to which one can give the name applied science. There are science and the applications of science, bound together as the fruit of the tree which bears it.

Louis Pasteur

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Especially, I think, living in any fantasy or science fiction world means really understanding what you're seeing and reading really densely on a level that a lot of people don't bother to read.

Joss Whedon

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He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.

Joseph Addison

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I internalise things. My sorrows and joys are private.

Arjun Kapoor

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President Kennedy was a voracious reader and was forever coming up with fascinating bits of information.

Pierre Salinger

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