A. E. Housman Quotes

The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.

A. E. Housman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 26, 1859 - April 30, 1936

Topics

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Scientific management promised to replace rules of thumb with accurate measurements.

Jill Lepore

ManagementRulesReplaceThumb

My mother could make something out of nothing - and everything started from scratch.

Anna Pump

MotherNothingEverythingOutMake

Children's publishing is the jewel in the crown of British publishing.

Tony Bradman

ChildrenCrownBritishPublishing

Abstraction is a mental process we use when trying to discern what is essential or relevant to a problem; it does not require a belief in abstract entities.

Tom G. Palmer

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If I'm going to be staying up until 3 A.M., it should be for world peace and not shampoo sales.

Mona Sutphen

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You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.

Conrad Hall

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Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time, and we get mad at them? That's part of the normal diplomatic relations.

Colin Powell

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We all wait for a mirror to show us who we are, to validate us. When we hear something about ourselves that we have never heard before, it feels like a blessing, and it gives power.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

PowerMirrorBlessingWaitNeverUs

My dad was an editor and a writer, and that's really where I would have liked to have gone. But the genetic link was not intact there, so I wound up going into business. But I love to write, still. I'm not a great writer, but I enjoy it.

Anne M. Mulcahy

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I grew up listening to blues and rock n' roll and other music, but, legitimately, the Stones is one of my favorite bands in the world.

Ato Essandoh

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You don't often see a cross section of female characters interacting with each other at the top of a chain.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

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The most striking thing is that even before Osama bin Laden was killed, he seemed largely irrelevant to the Arab Spring.

Paul Wolfowitz

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