Marquis de Lafayette Quotes
Nothing hurts so much the interest and reputation of America as to hear of their intestine quarrels.
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Like brown rice, black rice is unmilled, and it is the dark outer husk that makes it so nutty and chewy. It's also why it takes longer to cook than many other rices.
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In the future, I'd like to see paleontology as a whole get a lot more quantitative.
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I recognized that I had a window of opportunity that had opened because of my exposure as an actor.
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There was not a single Negro slave owner who did not know dozens of Negroes just as capable of learning and efficiency as the mass of poor white people around and about, and some quite as capable as the average slaveholder. They had continually, in the course of the history of slavery, recognized such men.
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The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.
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I feel like, sometimes, people, because of the amount of media, because of the amount of attention, people seem to think I have to do things. Like, I have to win right now! But I don't feel like that.
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You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is.
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I drove across country in my yellow 1970 VW bug (which I drove until 1986) to Los Angeles, having had enough cold weather in 5 years in Ann Arbor, and found a job within a few days.
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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If you're lucky, I think you know what you want to do with your life. I think that's a greater gift that any of the gifts you might have when you do know, if you know what I mean. It must be awful to not know what to do.
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I knew my destiny was to be in the winner's circle. There were times along the way where I didn't make it there. But I felt my destiny was definitely to win big titles, win lots of titles.
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The Wood was about young people and the other one is more of a grown up movie.
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Professionally, when I did the Olympic games and sang for my country in Australia. It was a big moment, Sydney in 2000. It was just a brilliant moment in my life.
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So it's joyful to me, in my 71st year, to be able to be in a play that is absolutely right for my age and my experience, and that is a popular success. What more could you ask as an actor?
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Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it.
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Designers have told me that their collections are so me, but I don't always recognise it because if you ask me what my style is, I'm really not that sure.
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My quality of life here in Quebec City is extraordinary.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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I certainly used to wish that I was skinny, lighter-skinned, with long, pretty hair. But only because I used to get made fun of for being the absolute opposite. I didn't see all of that stuff as the American Dream. I just wanted to look normal. Now that I'm older, I really do feel like I am a beautiful girl.
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Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.
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Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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Don't just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.
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In general, I feel very happy with how I got to have time on my own at least a little bit outside of the public eye.
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Nothing hurts so much the interest and reputation of America as to hear of their intestine quarrels.
