Edith Sitwell Quotes

The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation they do not want to attract attention.

Edith Sitwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 7, 1887 - December 9, 1964

Topics

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Those who purify your water, inspect your meat, and test your kids' toys, as well as a huge number of nurses, teachers, and our soldiers, are public employees. The firefighters who don't hesitate to rush toward danger while you run away from it - they are all public employees.

Jennifer Granholm

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Asteroid detection, tracking, and defense of our planet is something that NASA, its interagency partners, and the global community take very seriously.

John M. Grunsfeld

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I'm interested in Jeff Bridges. I love that guy. And I did like Carey Mulligan in 'An Education.' And I love Meryl Streep, but if they could ban 'Julie & Julia,' I'd be in favor of that.

Andy Kindler

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However, in modern conceptual frameworks there is a more sophisticated view. I would say that the act of music exists in several worlds simultaneously.

Robert Fripp

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The best way to appreciate our political process is to volunteer for a campaign and support a candidate you believe in.

Rob McKenna

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There's always going to be some phenom fighter coming up. If they're special athletes and highly trained, they'll do big things.

Robbie Lawler

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If you're white working with non-white people, you will be branded as a colonialist by some people, regardless of your efforts or intentions.

Ry Cooder

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A lot of times, they can't hire actors just because there's this obligation that the audiences don't know who they are, and it's about making money. For me, the project that felt like all of it was 'Rachel Getting Married' because I had such a good time on that movie. Jonathan Demme, to me, is one of the most actor-friendly directors.

Rosemarie DeWitt

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My dad was a professional basketball player, and my mom was a hell of a tennis player.

Luke Rockhold

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I'm thankful to have Jesus as my Savior. My relationship with God has always been one to where I'm talking to him all day, every day, about anything and everything. It's just a continuous ongoing conversation that I have with the Lord, and I feel like that's brought me closer to Him.

Josh Turner

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By the mid 1970s, the great downtown bookstores had begun to disappear as their customers migrated from city to suburb where population density was too thin to support major backlist retailers.

Jason Epstein

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In Uruguay, we are competitive; that's part of our character.

Diego Godin

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