James F. Byrnes Quotes
That was the principle of reparations to which President Truman agreed at Potsdam. And the United States will not agree to the taking from Germany of greater reparations than was provided by the Potsdam Agreement.
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
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I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
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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.
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I never thought of myself as a songwriter. I was just an artist writing songs, and they just happened to get placed.
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As a liberal, I am morally obligated to be pragmatic. What good do I do poor people, elderly people, people who are being discriminated against because of their sexual orientation if I'm not realistic about accomplishing something.
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I'm scared of any fighter I've ever fought because they are some dangerous people to be dealing with. That's also where the anxiety comes from.
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After God and my family, it's surf. I don't imagine me not surfing. Surf brings me smile every day.
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I think that the tying of the Montenegrin economy with the euro is a much better option than the adventure of printing our own currency.
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My family wasn't particularly political. Mom and Dad voted, but that was the extent of their involvement. In fact, I ended up going to U.C. Davis because, to them, Berkeley was too radical.
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'Bruce Lee' is the fastest film in my career. But the quality is also very high. The last song was shot continuously for 24 hours. We worked like robots for that song, but the quality is outstanding.
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I go to the club and can dance a little. I'm known to get down.
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A child born today in the United Kingdom stands a ten times greater chance of being admitted to a mental hospital than to a university … This can be taken as an indication that we are driving our children mad more effectively than we are genuinely educating them. Perhaps it is our way of educating them that is driving them mad.
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There is such a difference between life and theory.
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We have every reason to rejoice when there are so many gains and when favorable conditions abound on every hand. The end is not yet in sight, but it can not be far away. The road before us is shorter than the road behind.
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Losses and crosses are heavy to bear; but when our hearts are right with God, it is wonderful how easy the yoke becomes.
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Wisdom is passionless. But faith by contrast is what Kierkegaard calls a passion.
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I didn't know this about myself, but when 'Pirates of the Caribbean' came out I realised that I didn't enjoy a huge amount of recognition. I didn't react to it well, but I think life is about finding out who you are and what you like. So I started doing independent movies and art-house films instead.
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It makes me a better person, surfing, I think. It's a great outlet.
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The divorce between the church and the state ought to be absolute. It ought to be so absolute that no church property anywhere in any State or in the nation should be exempt from equal taxation; for if you exempt the property of any church organization, to that extent you impose a church tax upon the whole community.
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Sometimes human nature can leave you looking just a little shamefaced.
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If you don't learn constantly, you don't grow, and you will wither. Too many people wither on the vine. Sure, it gets a little harder as you get older, but new experiences and new challenges keep it fresh.
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That was the principle of reparations to which President Truman agreed at Potsdam. And the United States will not agree to the taking from Germany of greater reparations than was provided by the Potsdam Agreement.
