Charles Farrar Browne Quotes
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From the day of its birth, the anomaly of slavery plagued a nation which asserted the equality of all men, and sought to derive powers of government from the consent of the governed. Within sound of the voices of those who said this lived more than half a million black slaves, forming nearly one-fifth of the population of a new nation.
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Our curses on them that boil the eggs too hard! What use is an egg that is hard to any person on earth?
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I'm supporting the charities that I supported during my lifetime, and I want to continue to do that.
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My parents were divorced and I would spend weekends with my father.
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There is no substitute to taking a lot of a catches as a youngster if you want to do slip catching - you've got to catch, catch, catch. And more than doing the normal stuff, you have to vary your catching - you've got to take some catches with the tennis ball, you got to take some closer, some further away.
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Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.
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My childhood and adolescence were filled with visiting scientists from both India and abroad, many of whom would stay with us. A life of science struck me as being both interesting and particularly international in its character.
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Life would be very dreary if there were no magic. If the real world were only that veil of tears, I just don't think could get up in the morning.
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My good ideas are shy. But if they see that I treat the stupid ideas with respect, they come forward.
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I had no idea that he was going to write that, but I've always believed that insecurity was what would keep you always in your innocence, no matter what the business did.
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You never know what can happen. I feel like I have a pretty good chance, but you never know.
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The United States should not frame its policy options in terms of doing nothing or unilaterally sending in the Marines.
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Lizzy Weiss is such a great writer, and she really writes for the performances.
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A lot of my colleagues have been people with broad interests in economics, not just narrowly focused interests.
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At a certain time, an artist needs a big retrospective. At other times, they need a more focused exhibition. It's a different story each time; it's about establishing a dialogue.
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I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
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I love hecklers. They remind you that you are a comedian.
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I'd like to die with my boots on.
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We don't have a good legal justification for breaking up the banking system.
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Men like that - when they know they won't be found out - they will do anything.
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The finer the bait, the shorter the wait!
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The only way of salvation for the world is by returning to thy allegiance.... Firm in my faith, I shall have force to withstand my evil counsellors, my skepticism, which leads me to doubt of the people, my restless spirit which, after truth has been brought to light, impels to go on searching for it.
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At the constitutional level where we work, ninety percent of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies the reasons for supporting our predilections.
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The fack can't be no longer disgised that a Krysis is onto us.
