Jake Shears (Jason F. Sellards) Quotes
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The legal right of the Southern people to reclaim their fugitives I have constantly admitted. The legal right of Congress to interfere with their institution in the states, I have constantly denied.
Abraham Lincoln -
I don't avoid anything. In my songs I just choose to talk about certain things, and so yeah, there are some aspects of my character and personality that don't come out.
Jackson Browne -
The E.U. has its weaknesses, but it's been pretty good for us, and it's been pretty good for Europe, and it's kept peace.
Gary Lineker -
Reaching the height of 6 ft. 5 in.; I never expected to be that tall. I just shot up.
Calvin Harris -
I make hits.
Fat Joe -
The physical ego serves as its own worst enemy when, by delusive material behavior, it eclipses its true nature as the ever blessed soul.
Paramahansa Yogananda
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There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come.
Victor Hugo -
Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss.
K. D. Lang -
I am ready to fight according to the rules, and I ask for the opportunity to prove myself.
Yingluck Shinawatra -
God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
Imelda Marcos -
Muslim communities themselves, as they expect mainstream society to stand down racists, must do more to also stand down the Islamist extremists.
Maajid Nawaz -
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.
Oprah Winfrey
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There's more single-family homes rented in the United States then there are apartments.
Barry Sternlicht -
In the Andes and the Alps, I have seen melting glaciers. At both of the Earth's Poles, I have seen open sea where ice once dominated the horizon.
Ban Ki-moon -
In America and in most of the industrialized world, men are coming to be thought of by feminists in very much the same way that Jews were thought of by early Nazis. The comparison is overwhelmingly scary.
Warren Farrell -
The world has arisen in some way or another. How it originated is the great question, and Darwin's theory, like all other attempts to explain the origin of life, is thus far merely conjectural. I believe he has not even made the best conjecture possible in the present state of our knowledge.
Louis Agassiz -
I consist of a little body and a soul.
Marcus Aurelius -
Happiness, n. An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
Ambrose Bierce
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I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee -
They'll sell you thousands of greens. Veronese green and emerald green and cadmium green and any sort of green you like; but that particular green, never.
Pablo Picasso -
When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.
Sally Phillips -
'The Lucky One' features a young concentration camp survivor named Peter Rashkin - who's about the age my dad was when he started at CBS - working at the Oyster Bar, trying to acclimate to his new country and outrun the memories of the daily he left behind.
Jenna Blum -
For those interested in Reformed thought more broadly, I'd recommend Peter Leithart's recent book on Reformed Catholicism entitled, The End of Protestantism: Pursuing Unity in a Fragmented Church (Brazos Press, 2016), as a thought-provoking and stimulating read that should get us all thinking about the future shape of the Church, wherever we come from.
Oliver D. Crisp -
GusGus records are flawless.
Jake Shears Scissor Sisters