Lady Gregory Quotes

I'll take no charity! What I get I'll earn by taking it. I would feel no pleasure it being given to me, any more than a huntsman would take pleasure being made a present of a dead fox, in place of getting a run across country after it.

Lady Gregory

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: March 15, 1852 - May 22, 1932

Topics

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I am probably the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life. No one gets the satisfaction or the joy that I get out of seeing kids realize there is hope.

Jerry Lewis

LifeHopeManI AmJoySelfish

Is our desire for partnership just an evolutionary remainder, a Togetherness Delusion, where millions of women only think they need a relationship to be truly happy? Maybe. But you know what? That's fine with me.

Tracy McMillan

WomenRelationshipHappyMeThink

Economically Targeted Investing, or ETI, refers to the practice of selecting investments, in part, for their collateral benefits in addition to the investment return for the retirement plan.

Tom Perez

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On 'Darjeeling,' I was on set every day and I acted as the second unit director and a producer on that film. I was there throughout the whole process. On 'Moonrise Kingdom,' I showed up for one day.

Roman Coppola

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Don't eat anything that won't eventually rot.

Michael Pollan

EatAnythingEventuallyRot

Food choices are something fundamental you can control about yourself: what you take into your body. When so many other things are out of control and your influence over climate change - all these much larger issues - it's very hard to see any results or any progress. But everybody can see progress around food.

Michael Pollan

ChangeFoodProgressYourselfBody

I come from this really small town near Nashville, Tennessee, where everything was la-di-da and normal.

Miley Cyrus

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What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?

Lord Mountbatten

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Being transgender is more than just medical books and everything, procedures. It's something spiritual in which you're finding yourself and really discovering who you are and learning to love yourself.

Jazz Jennings

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Many of us enjoy going to ball games and watching them on television. I am no exception. I love to watch a good athletic contest. If we spend excessive time with sporting events, however, we may neglect things that are much more important.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

LoveGoodTimeI AmEnjoyImportant

I'm just trying to get kids motivated to be readers by connecting them with a book they like.

Jon Scieszka

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I love my shed. It's my space and my mess - and I know where everything is.

Debi Gliori

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