Harriet Ann Jacobs Quotes

For years, my master had done his utmost to pollute my mind with foul images, and to destroy the pure principles inculcated by my grandmother, and the good mistress of my childhood.

Harriet Ann Jacobs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodChildhoodMindDoneGrandmother

I honestly believe that advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.

Jerry Della Femina

FunAdvertisingBelieveClothesYou

Every company can use someone advocating loudly for the customer.

Andy Dunn

SomeoneCustomerCompanyUseEvery

There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.

Robert Graves

MoneyPoetryEitherThen

Sometimes it feels like there aren't enough hours in a day to get everything done.

Michael Greger

DayEnoughDoneSometimesEverything

There's a massive opportunity as more and more millennials and others in cities switch over from car ownership to transportation as a service. They are picking Lyft, and we want to stay focused on that big opportunity.

John Zimmer

CarOpportunityServiceStay Focused

I was a young actor in my 20s, going out in Soho, having a wild time.

David Thewlis

TimeYoungActorWildOutGoing

In most espionage novels, the characters risk their lives trying to save somebody or while protecting a nation from some threat. In 'The Travelers,' that's not what's going on. I used espionage as a device to heighten the characters' personal dramas.

Chris Pavone

TryingPersonalRiskNationGoing

People like to stir up the fashion vs. costume world, and I think what they mean by 'too costumey' is that it's too much, or not real enough for everyday wear. You couldn't say that about John Galliano's shows, right? I mean, they're awesome, and they're total costume.

Colleen Atwood

PeopleWorldFashionThinkEnough

It's not about ego. Really. If it was ego, I'd be telling you about my awesome... oh, never mind.

Bruce Perens

MindEgoYouNeverAwesomeTelling

Americans are paying for our lack of an energy policy with their jobs and out of their pocketbooks.

Bob Beauprez

EnergyPolicyOutOurPayingLack

Lebanon is restless, Syria got its walking papers, Egypt is scheduling elections with more than one candidate, and even Saudi Arabia, whose rulers are perhaps more terrified of women than rulers anywhere else in the world, allowed limited municipal elections.

Suzanne Fields

WomenWorldWalkingEgyptMoreGot

People are so difficult. Give me an elephant any day.

Mark Shand

DayPeopleMeElephantDifficult

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