Samuel Adams Quotes
The Legislative has no right to absolute, arbitrary power over the lives and fortunes of the people; nor can mortals assume a prerogative not only too high for men, but for angels, and therefore reserved for the exercise of the Deity alone.
Quotes to Explore
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Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in the creative flux. You can't invent a design. You recognize it, in the fourth dimension. That is, with your blood and your bones, as well as with your eyes.
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The world is too violent right now.
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It's so necessary to try and record the cultural memory of people. To set it down for generations to come. To better understand where we are headed. The problem is, a good portion of what we choose to remember is about willed forgetting. Which we all do, I believe, to protect ourselves from what is too difficult.
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Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end. I sang 'I Say a Little Prayer.' It's a tough song to sing but they gave me the confidence to go for it and belt it out.
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I don't want to get too philosophical, but in a sense, you're given this gift, this sort of creative force in you, and I think everyone has it, and it's completely unique to you. And you as a person have a little bit of a responsibility as its shepherd if you choose to incorporate that into your life.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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There's so much pressure, but I think if you really love it, if you truly love it, and it's your passion to sing, then that's what will get through. I think if you don't have that, you'll realise quickly.
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It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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I'm thrilled to be joining Gap Inc., a company that understands the importance of integrating technology and retail in ways that improve the lives of its customers.
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I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.
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It is not length of life, but depth of life.
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I love to smile.
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'Jurassic Park' was able to get away with big, dynamic filmmaking that might be out of place in another kind of story.
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What's so wonderful about football and business and show business is that every time I start thinking I'm special, I get knocked on my ass.
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Mythology does not interest me. Nor does history. But the possible overlap between history and mythology excites me immensely.
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The heyday of video music was the mid 80's.
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All my movies are about people with some ideology, but guess what? It never works out.
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The Legislative has no right to absolute, arbitrary power over the lives and fortunes of the people; nor can mortals assume a prerogative not only too high for men, but for angels, and therefore reserved for the exercise of the Deity alone.
