Carl Clinton Van Doren Quotes

Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience.

Carl Clinton Van Doren

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 10, 1885 - July 18, 1950

Topics

LearningKnowledgePowerGreatFacts

He was mostly leaping tall buildings in the beginning. There were cases where he would leap off a tall building or swoop down, and at that point he would look like he was flying, I suppose. It was just natural to draw him like that.

Joe Shuster

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I love singing jazz. I don't like the idea that classical music should be over here and jazz should be someplace else. It's all wonderful, and we should be open to enjoying it all.

Jessye Norman

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I think leadership is something you earn, more through actions than words.

Ander Crenshaw

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Will Ferrell is my new favorite person in the business. He's a completely adorable man.

John Lithgow

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My principal professional objective is to introduce intelligence as the ubiquitous utility. I'd like to be the Thomas Edison of intelligence.

Michael J. Saylor

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It's been exciting to share my story for people to relate to me and reach out.

Mirai Nagasu

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In Bavaria, many homes have a cosy room which is all wood and is filled with special things. My grandfather had such a room, and he made the panels on the walls himself; each one told a story.

Juergen Teller

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I can't very well be teaching one way and living my life another way. What I do in life must be consistent with the things I say. And the same goes for you.

Joyce Meyer

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I love to teach, especially high school-aged students, because I like introducing them to the absolute basics of everything they're ever going to learn, the things I wish I had learned at that age. It's the stuff you can always go back to in terms of absolute fundamentals.

Josh Cooke

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Paris certainly needs to promote itself. Although still the most visited city in the world, it has fallen behind London and Berlin in terms of cool.

Janine di Giovanni

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Whenever I record more than two or three layers, it starts to get cluttered up, and you can't hear the cut of the guitars as good. It's hard to get four guitars to hit at exactly the same time and keep the attack tight.

Dimebag Darrell

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My brother and I have a profound nostalgia for our youth, and I think people need to come to terms with things leaving and being gone.

Cole Sprouse

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