Harriet Ann Jacobs Quotes

If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or locked up in jail, until he consents to go, and promises not to run away during the year.

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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My father is Indonesian Timorese, my mother Aboriginal Australian.

Jessica Mauboy

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You walk off the plane in Rio, and your blood temperature goes up. The feel of the wind on your face, the water on your skin, the taste of the food, the music, the sexuality; Brazilians are very comfortable in their sexuality.

Amy Irving

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I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.

Tom Waits

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All leaders in the Lord's Church are called by proper authority. No prophet or any other leader in this Church, for that matter, has ever called himself or herself. No prophet has ever been elected.

Russell M. Nelson

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My mother and father are exceptionally proud Indians. They always wanted to contribute, to give back philanthropically, especially in the field of education.

Roshni Nadar

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U.N. employees, including senior leadership, should be selected based on merit and competence while continuing endeavors to achieve gender parity and geographical balance.

Miroslav Lajcak

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There's nothing pretty about ice. Ice grows nothing. But we've got this in our minds that we've got to make everything cold.

Don Young

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In America everything's about who's number one today.

Bruce Springsteen

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Industry executives sacrificed art for what sells and mega-stars now saturate the market with the same tired lyrics.

Aloe Blacc

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Of course it's difficult to top a box office success like Emmanuelle, so it will always be my most important work. But that's nothing to be ashamed of.

Sylvia Kristel

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Working in a garden calms me down.

Sean Bean

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I make a point of not logging into websites that give spoilers.

Noah Wyle

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