E. F. Benson Quotes

There is no reason to suppose that taste is in any way a lower sense than the other four; a fine palate is as much a gift as an eye that discerns beauty or an ear that appreciates and enjoys subtle harmonies of sound, and we are quite right to value the pleasures that all our senses give us and educate their perceptions.

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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I used to have trust with reporters. Give them scoops. Those were the old days. It's very strange, when you give a story and it doesn't come out the right way.

Joe Arpaio

TrustStoryYouStrangeWayRight

On the technical side, I hope that my writing is evolving and maturing, ripening, deepening.

Jhumpa Lahiri

HopeWritingEvolvingSideTechnical

My grandmother spoiled my father rotten, and he grew up expecting women to do whatever he wanted. When he married my beautiful mother, Elsa, he expected her to give up her career as a champion ballroom dancer and become a good wife and mother, which she dutifully did.

Joan Collins

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I am the parent of teenagers, my daughters are 13 and 15, so the issue of Internet safety has been an important issue. I have been visiting middle schools to talk about some of the challenges that they face.

Melissa Bean

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The late Estee Lauder says you can never wear white shoes after Labor Day. But of course, in today's world, that does not exist.

Andre Leon Talley

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Information imposes certain criteria on how it can be stored.

John Maynard Smith

InformationHowCertainCriteria

Producing, in television, we're in the business of voyeurism.

John Singleton

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With Maurice suddenly going, I realised... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more.

Robin Gibb

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Mum used to hide love letters from my boyfriends and put me down. Now I understand that she was a Polish immigrant forced to settle in Chicago. She was jealous of the freedom life gave me.

Ruby Wax

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When I came into Metallica, I had to do justice to Cliff's work, but I also had to put my own signature on it. No one could be Cliff Burton; Cliff Burton was the Jimi Hendrix of bass.

Jason Newsted

WorkJusticeMy OwnSignatureOwn

I'm a big believer in education, period.

Jon Secada

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It now seems logical that all the stars, like our own sun, must have formed with a system of planets around them.

Debra Fischer

StarsSunNowSystemOwnPlanets

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