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Irving Babbitt Quotes

Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: critic
Nationality: american
Birth: August 2, 1865 - July 15, 1933

Topics

Faith Thinking Care Take Care Will

It's art that pushes against psychological and social expectations, that tries to transform decay into something generative, that is replicative in a baroque way, that isn't about progress, and wants to - as Walt Whitman put it - 'contain multitudes.'

Art Progress Expectations Way Social

And my little sister died when she was 16.

Sister She Little Died

'Flower' is about the sublime.

Flower Sublime About

I can't tell you how scary it can be walking onto a movie and suddenly joining this family, it's like going to somebody else's Christmas dinner, everyone knows everyone, and you're there and you're not quite sure what you're supposed to be doing.

Family Dinner Walking Doing You

Education, when delivered properly, can benefit a lot of people and make productive citizens out of those otherwise given no hope.

Education Hope People Out No Hope

Although Darwin was able to persuade much of the world that a modern eye could be produced gradually from a much simpler structure, he did not even attempt to explain how the simple light sensitive spot that was his starting point actually worked.

Light Simple World Eye Structure

I don't like being categorized as a rapper. I make music; I don't just rap.

Ski Mask the Slump God

Music Rapper Rap Being Just Like

The present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard is better organized. They may win elections, but unless they have a solution to poverty, to corruption, to oppression, they will not last. I am with the young people.

I Am People Win Present Better Down

What the Shin Bet did in the Bus 300 affair is no less than declaring a revolt. They took the methods of manipulation, disinformation, threats, blackmail, etc. and instead of using them against the enemy, they used these tactics against their own side.

Enemy Manipulation Bus Side Own Bet

My financial service business is the absolute best thing I have done to empower the poor. I run many charities and fight many political causes, but my financial service company is the greatest gift I've given.

Russell Simmons

Business Service Best Fight Gift

Robert Frost had a house in Bennington, Vermont, and I had a friend, the poet Mary Ruefle, who was the caretaker of it when it was owned by Norman Lear, the TV producer. She got a grant to go to Scotland, and she had to be gone six or nine months, so I moved in, and my job was just to make sure the ravage didn't overtake the place.

Friend Job House Place Go She

I lived in a pretty big house, and we had a guesthouse, so when I was 14, I built a studio in my bedroom, which was pretty big. It was two rooms connected, so I turned the second into a studio and ran the mic in my closet.

House Connected Bedroom Lived Big

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