American Author Quotes

• One of my favorite modern American authors is Denis Johnson. I'm deeply inspired by all of his work - I rip him off constantly.

  Conor Oberst

  Rip, Inspired, My Favorite

  "He's wide awake, he's talking". Interview with Sasha Frere-Jones, www.newyorker.com. February 7, 2005.

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• Los autores o científicos estadounidenses tienden a considerar al rico hombre de negocios como un bárbaro, como un hombre exclusivamente dedicado a ganar dinero.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Men, Barbarians, Making Money

  Ludwig Von Mises (1978). "Anti-Capitalistic Mentality, The", p.20, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• American author Mark Twain, while viewed as liberal and non-judgmental, did at times demonstrate both these characteristics. While his reasons for detesting the Christian faith are unclear, they seem to have been profound and deep-rooted. Having lambasted the founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, in a later quote he referred to the Book of Mormon as "chloroform in print."

  Christopher Hitchens

  Christian, Book, Profound

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• Teachers and librarians can be the most effective advocates for diversifying children's and young adult books. When I speak to publishers, they're going to expect me to say that I would love to see more books by Native American authors and African-American authors and Arab-American authors. But when a teacher or librarian says this to publishers, it can have a profound effect.

  Pat Mora

  Profesor, Niños, Libro

  Fuente: www.teachingbooks.net

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• My favorite figure of the American author is that of a man who breeds a favorite dog, which he throws into the Mississippi River for the pleasure of making a splash. The river does not splash, but it drowns the dog.

  Henry Adams

  Dog, Men, Rivers

  Henry Adams (1951). “Selected letters”, New York, Farrar

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• Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural arts movements.

  Aberjhani

  Art, Names, African American

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• Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties”.- Helen Keller, American author, political activist, and lecturer
  “Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.

  Goran Persson

  New Year, Lying, Years

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• Quienes me han oído hablar de vez en cuando saben que a menudo cito la observación de ese gran autor estadounidense, Mark Twain, que decía: la historia no se repite, pero rima.

  J. D. Hayworth

  Doe, Rhyming, Citing

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• Too many American authors have a servile streak where their backbone should be. Where's our latest Nobel laureate? More than likely you'll find him in the Rose Garden kissing the First Lady's foot.

  Edward Abbey

  Kissing, Garden, Feet

  Edward Abbey (2015). "A Voice Crying in the Wilderness", p.35, RosettaBooks.

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• I liked reading and working out my ideas in the midst of that endless crowd walking in and out of the (library) looking for something. I, too, was seeking fame and fortune by sitting at the end of a long golden table next to the sets of American authors on the open shelves.

  Alfred Kazin

  Reading, Ideas, Long

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• Me gustaría que uno se persuadiera de que los experimentos psicológicos, especialmente los relativos a las funciones complejas, no mejoran [con grandes estudios]; el método estadístico sólo da resultados mediocres; algunos ejemplos recientes lo demuestran. Los autores americanos, a quienes les encanta hacer las cosas a lo grande, publican a menudo experimentos que se han realizado sobre cientos y miles de personas; obedecen instintivamente al prejuicio de que la persuasión de un trabajo es proporcional al número de observaciones. Esto no es más que una ilusión.

  Alfred Binet

  Science, Numbers, People

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• No soy de los que, citando a un autor estadounidense, creen que la democracia y la empresa han ganado por fin la batalla de las ideas, que hemos llegado al final de la historia y que ya no queda nada por lo que luchar. Eso sería indeciblemente complaciente, incluso insensato. La libertad siempre estará amenazada, no sólo por los ataques frontales, sino también, y de forma más insidiosa, por la erosión interna.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Believe, Fighting, Erosion

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