Frances Wright Quotes

The hired preachers of all sects, creeds, and religions, never do, and never can, teach any thing but what is in conformity with the opinions of those who pay them.

Frances Wright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I've been painting and making things since I was little.

Jemima Kirke

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I pay myself three, three and half million - which is plenty of money, c'mon.

John Schnatter

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You think in a different way when you don't have any money. The joy of poverty is that you use your imagination to come up with stuff.

Amy Sedaris

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I took up boxing to get in shape for filming because it's grueling - all the running, the heat, the yelling, the crying that we do.

Steven Yeun

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There are worse things than being called 'the camel lady,' I suppose.

Robyn Davidson

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I am a noncook, although I'm very interested and have a large collection of cookbooks.

Roberta Smith

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I prefer to surprise myself as I'm writing. I'm not interested in it if I already know where it's going. So I have only the most general sense of what I'm doing when I start a story. I sometimes have a destination in mind, but how the story is going to go from Point A to Point Z is something I make up as I go along.

Lois Lowry

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Many of us enjoy going to ball games and watching them on television. I am no exception. I love to watch a good athletic contest. If we spend excessive time with sporting events, however, we may neglect things that are much more important.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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I've made stupid investments. I've made stupid decisions as an employee. I've made foolish decisions as a manager. I've gotten fired. I've lost businesses. I went through all of those things.

Jon Taffer

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Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.

Doug Larson

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Gerald Jonas's book about stuttering is called 'The Disorder of Many Theories.' Back theory seems to suffer from the same 'Rashomon' effect: as with almost every human problem, there is no dearth of answers and no answer.

David Shields

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Anyone who's a great kisser I'm always interested in.

Cher

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