Beatrix Potter Quotes

Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land seeing every stone and flower and patch of bog and cotton pass where my old legs will never take me again.

Beatrix Potter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 28, 1866 - December 22, 1943

Topics

FlowerGodWalkLieStepMe

Throughout my teenage years, I read 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens every December. It was a story that never failed to excite me, for as well as being a Dickens enthusiast, I have always loved ghost stories.

John Boyne

MeStoryLovedChristmasNeverWell

In and after 1964 when I began to concern myself with the biological issues, and particularly from 1967 onwards, the extent of the problems over which I felt uneasy increased to such a point that in 1968 I felt a compelling urge to make my views public.

Andrei Sakharov

MyselfProblemsOverPointIssues

Imagine if Lin-Manuel Miranda had tried to do 'Hamilton' first in Hollywood. They would have told him, 'The forefathers weren't Latino or black. They didn't speak in hip hop.' That would never had gotten going in Hollywood ever. But theater let Lin-Manuel him do it, and he created an incredible masterpiece.

John Leguizamo

SpeakBlackHollywoodMasterpiece

I was interested in theatre, and the only experience that I had in high school was as an actor. But when I got in Conservatoire, my teachers would give me a lot of flack because I wasn't rehearsing my lines; I'd be doing stage management. I was interested in sound. I was interested in architecture. I was interested in every aspect of theatre.

Robert Lepage

ExperienceArchitectureSchoolMe

We had a really vast music collection and I was raised around rock'n'roll, it's just the way it was.

Slash

MusicWayI Was RaisedJustAround

Luck is not having to worry, but also working hard to preserve the things that once gave your life meaning, like work and love.

Michael Paterniti

LifeWorkLoveLuckWorryMeaning

Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty and insecurity.

Joyce Meyer

ChangeInsecurityToughUncertainty

I always imagined a writer was someone who lived in an attic in Paris, but my mum instilled in me a belief that I could do anything - so I ended up writing my first novel while working nights as a news reporter.

Jojo Moyes

MeWritingSomeoneParisNewsFirst

Greater inequality in Europe has made people less happy.

Derek Bok

HappyPeopleInequalityEuropeMade

Cooking is an art form, a creative thing.

Clarence Clemons

ArtCookingCreativeFormThing

Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities.

Chuck Jones

MeEarlyAnimalsExperiencesQuite

The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

Anton Chekhov

UniversityOutIncludingBrings

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