Charles Sumner Quotes
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
Sallust -
I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
Rabih Alameddine -
Indian classical music was born when time barely existed. It developed further within the structures of royal courts and a system of patronage where the ruler or the feudal master determined all.
Tariq Ali -
I'm not afraid to die - it's just that I had so much left to do in this world.
Vince Lombardi -
I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
Karin Slaughter -
Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.
Walter Gropius
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Everybody talks. Anthony Pettis talked before the fight. Donald Cerrone talked before the fight. See what happened?
Rafael dos Anjos -
You know, we don't have any decorative sprigs of rosemary; we're not placing little matchstick radishes onto an hors d'oeuvre... The food's gotta taste good. The concept's gotta taste good.
Nadia Giosia -
When I first decided to launch a clothing line, I was pregnant with my daughter Spencer-Margaret, so I looked for a retailer with values that mirrored my own growing family concerns. Kmart is a family store where value-conscious moms shop, so my partnership with Kmart seemed like a natural fit.
Jaclyn Smith -
I'm happy pretty well anywhere on this big, beautiful planet.
Yann Martel -
I do try very hard to develop themes that are easily understood and that, hopefully, will paint vivid images of the legal principles and implications of the ruling that will stick in the Justices' heads and will help influence how they think about the case.
Patricia Millett -
Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
Nathan Fillion
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The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.
Ralph Ellison -
One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that.
Taylor Momsen -
Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
Octavio Paz -
Pride the first peer and president of hell.
Daniel Defoe -
I can't say I follow it, but I've watched 'Downton Abbey' a couple of times and loved it.
Forest Whitaker -
We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
Dan Aykroyd
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I rarely ever respond to misquotes and wrong information. Plus, it only serves to bring attention to the matter.
Mark Ronson -
For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.
Yuliya Snigir -
As I've gotten older, I've realized that things are a lot more permeable. It's not so black and white: not every journalist is a jerk.
Kathleen Hanna Bikini Kill -
But I have always said that it's important we must make sure that justice is at all time be maintained.
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi -
Indian classical music was born when time barely existed. It developed further within the structures of royal courts and a system of patronage where the ruler or the feudal master determined all.
Tariq Ali -
Ideas are more important than battles.
Charles Sumner