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E. F. Benson Quotes

All the teaching I had ever received had failed to make me apply such intelligence as I was possessed of, directly and vividly: there had never been any sunshine, as regards language, in the earlier grey days of learning, for the sky had always pelted with gerunds and optatives.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Learning Sunshine Sky Intelligence

The American people are tired of the out-of-control spending, and they want Washington to get their act in order and stop spending money we don't have.

Money Tired People American Stop

On the movie side of things, the difficulties come with so few movies being made, and when they are, it seems that it's a marketing game. Story sometimes takes a backseat to that one grand marketing idea.

Game Story Marketing Sometimes Side

I think I have a lot to offer doing supporting roles as well.

Think Doing Well Offer I Think Lot

I love weights, but it's too far to get to the gym. So I make the farm my gym: I split wood and haul tires and do work on the farm, and that's sort of my weight training portion.

Work Love Training Farm Gym Wood

I've seen many of my contemporaries become superstars, and the way fame and fortune starts to really affect the way they treat other people, and I think it's ugly.

Ugly People Treat Think Way Become

There's no question that there is more anti-religion noise in Britain.

Trevor Phillips

More Question Noise No Question

I'm ambitious. I work hard.

Work Work Hard Hard Ambitious

I'm a huge animal lover - I love animals to death. I've got tortoises and three dogs, and I've had a million animals in the past. I just think that we should do all we can to take care of them.

Love Past Death Animal Think Care

When I watch 'Glee', it reminds me of my upbringing.

Michelle Branch

Me Watch Upbringing Glee Reminds

I just want to be known as a very normal person and be treated as that and be able to walk down the street like anyone else.

Michael Schumacher

Walk Down Person Want Street Normal

I wouldn't say that dittoheads, as a group, lack the ability to reason. It's just that whenever I run across one, he seems to be at a low ebb in reasoning skills.

Skills Say Group Run Reason Ability

We have been getting ready to recycle more e-waste by investing in infrastructure, providing grants to local government and working with industry.

Government Ready More Industry Been

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