E. F. Benson Quotes

Queen Victoria did not regard art, letters, or music as in any way springing from national character: they were something quite apart, elegant decorations resembling a scarf or a bracelet, and in no way expressive of the soul of the country.

E. F. Benson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 24, 1867 - February 29, 1940

Topics

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Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers - the guys who steal all the money and take off. That's the fun stuff.

John Grisham

MoneyFunReal EstateLawyerYou

I'm very detail oriented. I think that's why people enjoy my memoirs - because I tend to remember everything.

Jen Lancaster

PeopleDetailThinkRememberEnjoy

Sonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was recited.

Steve Earle

WritingSongEnglishItalianGuys

Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world, especially in my field.

Stephen Hawking

BestWorldCambridgeField

The 'New York Honk,' as it was called, was the most fashionable accent an American male could have at that time, namely, the spring of 1963. One achieved it by forcing all words out through the nostrils rather than the mouth. It was at once virile... and utterly affected. Nelson Rockefeller had a New York Honk.

Tom Wolfe

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Someone said to me a long time ago, 'You're a drag queen,' and at the time I was a little like... hello? But then I realized over the years that I actually am.

Roisin Murphy

TimeQueenMeSomeoneLongYou

Anonymity breeds irresponsibility.

Masi Oka

AnonymityBreedsIrresponsibility

When I was 5 years old I started singing in church and I hated my voice because I sounded like a grown woman, not a child. I was ashamed of it.

Loleatta Holloway

WomanChildSingingVoiceChurch

Humans are vulnerable and rely on the kindnesses of the earth and the sun; we exist together in a sacred field of meaning.

Joy Harjo

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I think it's great now that we seem to be in an era where it's OK to be gay and I think that the society in North America has had more of a problem with it than any other society.

Jason Priestley

GreatSocietyThinkAmericaProblem

If our country is to advance, let it be upon the legs of lessons well-learned.

Jared Polis

CountryLegsLessonsOurAdvance

I don't think you need to run down someone's reputation in order to run for the office of president.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

ReputationThinkSomeoneYouDown

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