Fletcher Knebel Quotes

Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.

Fletcher Knebel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 1, 1911 - February 26, 1993

Topics

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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

Maya Angelou

WorkLoveHopeCourageGreatLaugh

In terms of smaller changes over time, I think good plays are like poems. Every syllable counts. So I wrestle with word choice, rhythm in final drafts.

Stephen Karam

GoodTimeThinkChoiceRhythmOver

I guess at the end of the day, all women like to be appreciated and treated with respect and kindness.

Sofia Vergara

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I'm pretty pleased with my place in the world.

Simon Fowler

WorldPlacePrettyPleased

I try to tell the truth.

Tucker Carlson

TruthTryTell

My father ruined me for men. Not many can live up to him.

Roisin Murphy

FatherLiveMenMeHimUp

Many people first encounter Jesus during childhood when they are suddenly confronted by a horrifying statue of a man nailed to a cross, and this is often a most unfortunate and repulsive beginning.

Michael Leunig

ChildhoodBeginningManPeopleFirst

Isn't it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

Mitt Romney

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This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And leaving nothing, yet hath all.

Lord Byron

FearHopeManFallRiseNothing

There was this mountain village in Russia where my music was getting in on some German radio station. I remember this because music used to get up to Saskatchewan from Texas. Late at night after the local station closed down.

Joni Mitchell

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Knowing that changing lifestyle changes our genes is often very motivating - not to blame, but to empower.

Dean Ornish

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'Go Back Home' encompasses not only actual geographic location but also, for me, back home in the worlds of music and theatre, and back home in terms of making albums again. There are lots of meanings to that.

Audra McDonald

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