Frances Wright Quotes

The existing principle of selfish interest and competition has been carried to its extreme point; and, in its progress, has isolated the heart of man, blunted the edge of his finest sensibilities, and annihilated all his most generous impulses and sympathies.

Frances Wright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: September 6, 1795 - December 13, 1852

Topics

HeartProgressManCompetitionEdge

New England oysters are better than Chesapeake. But Chesapeake blue crabs are unbeatable.

Jim Himes

BlueBetterNewNew EnglandThan

If our games can help people, that's the best reward we can get.

Jenova Chen

BestPeopleHelpRewardGamesGet

I'm not a big practice guy at all.

Jeff Hardy

PracticeBigGuy

Americans should be ashamed of how aflutter they get about Downton Abbey - it's unpatriotic. I seem to remember we fought a revolution so as not to put up with this nonsense, where notions of station are so unforgiving that upper and lower echelons are practically different species.

Steve Erickson

RevolutionRememberNonsenseAshamed

I think they all went too far. Their jeans got too low, their tops got too see-through. Personally, I think that sexy is keeping yourself mysterious. I'm really an old-fashioned girl, and I think I'm totally sexy.

Stevie Nicks

GirlYourselfThinkSexyMysterious

There are lot of issues we passed out of the House that have gotten not only a lot of Republican support - Tea Party and every group within the Republican conference - but even Democrats.

Steve Scalise

TeaSupportHousePartyGroupOut

Salsa verde is delicious with trout or most any fish.

Tom Douglas

FishDeliciousMostAnyTrout

I think when someone is injured in your family, you want to speak to the individual and you want to hear their voice and you want to make sure they are OK.

Roger Goodell

FamilyVoiceSpeakThinkSomeone

I started at home as a kid putting on shows and lip-syncing Michael Jackson for the grown-ups. Then, in musicals and plays in school. At 17, I was performing in coffee shops and in parking lots at Phish shows. At 18, I had a band that played local shows in the Northwest.

Matisyahu

HomeCoffeeSchoolBandKidParking

It's not always possible to sit down and eat at home in this day and age of fast-paced living, but if you are going to eat out, do so as a family and support all the great local places in your areas. I'll still eat at the same diner I did as a kid with my parents.

Michael Symon

FamilyHomeAgeGreatDaySupport

I'm more liable to hurt myself than someone else.

Michael K. Williams

MyselfHurtSomeoneMoreThanElse

Other people gotta be told when to go to the gym, what to work out, what to work on, what to do. For me, it was always my own self-motivation of maybe just wanting to make it out of Compton. I was like that with everything in my life.

DeMar DeRozan

LifeWorkPeopleMeMy LifeGym

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