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Harriet Ann Jacobs Quotes

But I now entered on my fifteenth year - a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. My master began to whisper foul words in my ear. Young as I was, I could not remain ignorant of their import.

Harriet Ann Jacobs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Life Girl Sad Words Year Young

Many of us are alarmed at the skyrocketing cost of medical care, including patients, who are the consumers. However, medical malpractice is not the reason for these increasing costs.

Joe Baca

Medical Care Reason Cost Us Costs

I had delusions of being a 'serious actor,' and I wanted to pursue those delusions.

John Wesley Shipp

Serious Actor Pursue Being Wanted

Venus hasn't been to the semis for a couple of years in a Grand Slam - she's been coming back from injury.

Tracy Austin

Back She Years Coming Injury Been

I'm not like some other writers: I have no actual urgent need or desire to add to what's written. You write it; if you're lucky, it's performed, and that's the end of the whole thing.

Tom Stoppard

End You Desire Lucky Write Need

No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration.

Martin Van Buren

Evil Result More Than Inhibition

To be able to research directly from firefighters makes all the difference in the world in the authenticity of a performance.

Miranda Rae Mayo

Research World Performance Difference

I think that people relate on matters of the heart.

Heart People Think Matters I Think

White rhythm is waltzes, marches, and the polka. In Africa, rhythm is used for a celebratory groove, but white rhythm doesn't have such an enormous vocabulary of spirits. It's basically militant.

Joni Mitchell

White Africa Rhythm Vocabulary Used

Don't let your characters tell you what to do. They can be pushy. Some writers say that they create characters and then just sort of follow them around through the narrative. I think that these writers are out of their minds.

Chelsea Cain

Think You Create Say Minds Follow

I guess we guess our way through life. How many times do we really know for sure?

Chely Wright

Life Know Way Through Sure Our

When you're an assistant, you're executing the wishes of your boss.

Brad Goreski

Feel You Shaving Like Brush Facial

In 1957, with the arms race in full swing, the Department of Defense had decided it was just a matter of time before an airplane transporting an atomic bomb would crash on American soil, unleashing a radioactive disaster the likes of which the world had never seen.

Annie Jacobsen

Time World Airplane American Swing