Lafcadio Hearn Quotes

French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage; consequently there is a great deal in French novels about adultery, about improper relations between the sexes, about many things which the English public would not allow.

Lafcadio Hearn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: japanese
  • Birth: June 27, 1850 - September 26, 1904

Topics

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I think, very often, we're addicted to procedurals, those good guy/bad guy shows, and the 'problem' with procedurals is they all follow the same formula: The bad guy does his thing, the good guy goes after him, and in most cases, the good guy figures out who did it and catches him.

Joe Morton

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In winter, the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity. Summer is more wooing and seductive, more versatile and human, appeals to the affections and the sentiments, and fosters inquiry and the art impulse.

John Burroughs

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Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

Ambrose Bierce

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The reason that MGM hired Bobby for Our Gang was that they could look at him and say, cry, and he'd cry, and not many kids can do that unless they really want to cry.

Tommy Bond

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I don't actually believe in the genre of comedy. Sometimes when I watch comedies, I can't see the soul of the show. I want to be able to laugh and cry. That is where the magic is. I'm trying to get to that place.

Michaela Coel

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My philosophy is my learning process. Until you die, you must evolve and improve.

Miyavi

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It's really cool to come from nothing and essentially be a nobody and make yourself somebody.

Logic

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Girls are having babies when they are younger and combining kids with work. I don't know if it's always been there or if I'm just more aware because I'm in this situation.

Julia Restoin Roitfeld

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The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.

Jonathan Swift

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The first lead that I ever played was a young Boy George when I was seventeen. I shaved my eyebrows off. That's as far from leading man looks as you can get.

Douglas Booth

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I say the same thing that I've said for decades now, which is: don't go over to Japan trying to change it, thinking that you know better. Go there trying to understand.

Bruce Feiler

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My parents went to Italy a lot, but I didn't go with them. I can't believe that!

Annie Wersching

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