Harriet Ann Jacobs Quotes

No pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery.

Harriet Ann Jacobs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 11, 1813 - March 7, 1897

Topics

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I didn't really know how to write jokes, so I just told weird, long stories about being tall and beautiful and wealthy in New York. I'd tell them very seriously, but I kind of looked like a drag queen at the time with big wigs and crazy 12-inch platform heels.

Melissa McCarthy

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I think the questions on the grit scale about not letting setbacks disappoint you, finishing what you begin, doing things with focus, I think that those are things I would aspire to or hope for for all our children.

Angela Duckworth

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My son tried to work in films and he ultimately gave it up, he finally couldn't make a living, he couldn't support himself. He worked all the time and he didn't make enough money to have a house, have an apartment.

Jeffrey Jones

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So many young people are coming out of a generation that has experienced deep woundedness and brokenness, and they are full of life. They are eager to engage. They care about community, and they care about one another.

Jeff Fortenberry

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The catcher is in the middle of everything. He sees it best.

Johnny Bench

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To create a beautiful thing with unlimited money is easy!

John Rocha

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If the characters are not alive to me, it doesn't matter how good the sentences are. It just becomes all cake and no frosting.

Amy Bloom

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All of our technology is completely unnecessary to a happy life.

Tom Hodgkinson

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You can tell by looking at me that I've got more miles behind me than I've got in front of me. When you reach that point, if you've got some good years left, you want to make sure that you use them wisely.

Tom Osborne

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I really like that my work is getting more people interested in science.

Lisa Randall

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In football, you're dealing with grown men. In gymnastics, you're dealing with prepubescent teenage girls. There's a huge difference. At that age, you're not confident enough to have a voice.

Dominique Moceanu

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You never know what's going on in someone else's life and that you can't always understand how what you say or what you do - no matter how big or small it may seem to you, it could be the end of the world for someone else.

Devin Druid

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