Martin Van Buren Quotes
The law increasing and organizing the military establishment of the United States has been nearly carried into effect, and the Army has been extensively and usefully employed during the past season.
Quotes to Explore
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If the money we donate helps one child or can ease the pain of one parent, those funds are well spent.
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I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale.
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I love romantic comedies, or romantic dramas - basically anything with love in it.
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'Made in Italy' is from the tycoons of the '80s, not me. It is people who represent an Italy which I don't belong to and I don't feel a part of.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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Those who get stuck doing the same things for too long are bound to get left behind the strong who press on and re-invent themselves.
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It's about enjoying your life. If you have no family, no friends to enjoy it with, it don't matter how much you have, how much success you have, how much fame you have, how much money you have, it doesn't matter.
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Jazz is progressive, and it's alive.
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I like boxing movies. One of the hardest things for me to watch as far as boxing films, is the boxing. The actual boxing usually sucks.
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I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.
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One-sided national economic triumphs cannot be achieved in the increasingly interwoven global economy without precipitating calamitous consequences for everyone.
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I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.
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My life has been the antithesis of that book 'The Secret'. I've always been interested in doing what I do. I love storytelling and I really enjoyed acting, but it never seemed like a realistic thing.
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Two of my favorite things are my steering wheel and my Remington rifle.
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I'm for immigration reform. I think the system's horribly broken, and we need to do something about it.
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I work very hard and I'm worth every cent.
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At least three times a week, I am overwhelmed with a wave of gratitude to New York City for providing me with a life. Not that my life is so great, although I think it's pretty nifty: I don't mine coal; I get paid to write.
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Eating a natural diet with loads of fresh fruit and veg and little processed food helps me manage the symptoms of my illness.
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Why is it that one can look at a lion or a planet or an owl or at someone’s finger as long as one pleases, but looking into the eyes of another person is, if prolonged past a second, a perilous affair?
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In the past, I have approximated the look of monkey fur and yak hair with human hair because it's inexpensive, and it lasts a long time.
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The law against witches does not prove there be any; but it punishes the malice of those people that use such means to take away men's lives.
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The law increasing and organizing the military establishment of the United States has been nearly carried into effect, and the Army has been extensively and usefully employed during the past season.
