John Brown Gordon Quotes
As for the South, it is enough to say that perhaps eighty per cent. of her armies were neither slave-holders, nor had the remotest interest in the institution. No other proof, however, is needed than the undeniable fact that at any period of the war from its beginning to near its close the South could have saved slavery by simply laying down its arms and returning to the Union.
John Brown Gordon
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I'd just play 'til my hands fell off. My parents would yell at me to stop because they couldn't stand the noise any more! I was terrible! It must have been hard for them to listen to me as a beginning drummer.
Randy Castillo
Mötley Crüe
Prog didn't really go away. Just took a catnap in the late Seventies. A new generation of fans discovered it, and a whole new array of bands and solo artists took it on into the new millennium.
Ian Anderson
I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
Cameron Sinclair
I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
Tea Obreht
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Nancy Johnson
I don't like possessions.
Daniel Barenboim
For the doubters out there, of course I was going to have help from Penguin's editorial team in telling my story, which I talked about from the beginning.
Zoe Sugg
Medicine, you have to take it. A vitamin is nice to have, but honestly, you can skip it.
Paige Craig
Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
Lara St. John
A few years ago, there were requests to me, Can we make this? I said that I have no rights. Contact the Hitchcock estate, which won't release it for a remake.
Patricia Highsmith
Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.
Karl Marx
I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
T. Boone Pickens
I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.
Arthur C. Clarke
The more you love a person, you more you should respect that person. Encourage her to be the best she can be, and you'll both be happier.
Kelsey Chow
There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
Malala Yousafzai
I told my kids when they were little, 'Look, kids, your mother and I are screwing you up somehow. We don't understand how, or we wouldn't do it. But we're parents. So somehow we're damaging you, and I want you to know that early. So just ignore me when I go to that part of my parenting.'
Pat Conroy
She was an alcoholic. I didn't blame myself for that. The worst problem in the life of any alcoholic is alcohol.
Kurt Vonnegut
As for the South, it is enough to say that perhaps eighty per cent. of her armies were neither slave-holders, nor had the remotest interest in the institution. No other proof, however, is needed than the undeniable fact that at any period of the war from its beginning to near its close the South could have saved slavery by simply laying down its arms and returning to the Union.
John Brown Gordon