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Quote by George Edward Woodberry

“Education has really only one basic factor: one must want it.”

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George Edward Woodberry was an American literary critic known for his research on Romantic literature. His works have had a profound impact on subsequent literary criticism. more

“Essentially, the popular musician in America must learn that his basic job is to entertain people, to make them forget their sorrows for a moment or two; in the same sense that any popular art form must aim at the same distraction value. Any such job as that is basically a young man's business. It takes a young man's energy to go traveling around the country, night after night in a different place, prancing and cavorting around in front of mobs of people all out to try to forget their problems for an evening. And for a young man it can be a good enough way of life, if he happens to like it.”

“Europeans hate the way Americans talk. They think we're loud and uncouth and they don't like our jokes, except for Michael Moore. Plus, they resent the fact that they've had to learn our language because if they didn't we wouldn't buy their stupid metric widgets or visit their overpriced ruins.”

Ifs Thinking Way Facts Hate Language Stupid Jokes Ruins Loud Plus Resent Metrics Uncouth

Author:Denis Boyles

“Even Hollywood millionaires are now clamoring for legal protections for their illegal-alien nannies and gardeners, though such elites would hardly countenance a similar legal laxity that would allow foreign film technicians, screenwriters, and actors to flood southern California to work in their industry for a fourth of their own pay.”

“Ever since I had that interview in which I said I was bisexual it seems twice as many people wave at me in the streets.”

People Said Seems Streets Wave Interviews Bisexual

Author:Elton John

“Every age is blind to its own worst madness.”

Age Worst Madness Blind

Author:Allan Bloom

“Every ballpark used to be unique. Now, it's like women's breasts - if you've seen one, you've seen 'em both.”

Ifs Used Unique Used To Be Breasts Ems Ballparks

Author:Jim Kaat

“Every debt is ultimately paid, if not by the debtor, then eventually by the creditor.”

Ifs Paid Debt Creditors Debtors

Author:James Grant

“Every dog has like me the impulse to question, and I have like every dog the impulse not to answer.”

Answers Dog Like Me Impulse

Book:Franz Kafka Vol 2

Source: Franz Kafka Vol 2

“Every kid I knew had a father with a little stash of men's magazines which the father thought was secret and which the kid knew all about.”

Men Littles Kids Father Secret Magazines

Book:The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America

Source: The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America

“Every morning, in your first view of the day, you have the choice to say, 'Good morning, God' or 'Good God, morning.'”

Firsts Choices Views Morning Every Morning Good God

Author:Wayne Dyer

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