Frederick Douglass Quotes
As I have often said before, we should not measure the negro from the heights which the white race has attained, but from the depths from which he has come. You will not find Burke, Grattan, Curran and O’Connell among the oppressed and famished poor of the famine-stricken districts of Ireland. Such men come of comfortable antecedents and sound parents.
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There is always pressure in football.
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It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
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The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
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Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit of a history regarding Pakistan.
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Sometimes you surf well and still don't win. It happens to everyone. You learn that one big score doesn't mean much if you don't have a backup. I guess every rookie learns that as time goes by. I took some big lessons from my losses.
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I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.
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I don't even make multiplayer games much, so dealing with multiple characters is something new for me – or, rather, something I've had to recall from my days as a roleplaying adventure designer where the party was everything!
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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I'd say mostly I paint hot chicks.
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My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.
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Before I got married, I dated the gamut.
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Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow.
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All souls are equal and alike and have the similar nature and qualities.
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All I want to do is be the best attorney general that I can be.
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There is a sense of purity in theatre which always attracts me. Deep down, I feel I am more of an artist than a commodity, which Bollywood turns you into. I want to strike a balance.
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You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opportunity to get into a race when the time was right.
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Government originated in the attempt to find a form of association that defends and protects the person and property of each with the common force of all.
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The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.
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Though I'll admit readability suffers slightly...
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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A profession is a body of men who voluntarily measure their work by a higher standard than their clients demand. To be professionally acceptable, a policy must be sound as well as salable. Wildlife administration, in this respect, is not yet a profession.
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As I have often said before, we should not measure the negro from the heights which the white race has attained, but from the depths from which he has come. You will not find Burke, Grattan, Curran and O’Connell among the oppressed and famished poor of the famine-stricken districts of Ireland. Such men come of comfortable antecedents and sound parents.
