James K. Polk Quotes
There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S.
James K. Polk
Quotes to Explore
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
Caprice Bourret
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Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.
Tecumseh
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You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.
Walker Percy
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Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s.
Parker Stevenson
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There should be no censorship of mail.
Barbara Deming
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Living in Cape Breton, it's really all about fiddle music, so it's not like there were other instruments out there that tempted me and it was like I had to decide which one. It was automatically fiddle, because it's the predominant instrument in Cape Breton Island.
Natalie MacMaster
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If I were to leave the U.S., I'd live in England. But I'd never leave the U.S. I own a 400-acre farm in Macon, Georgia. I raise cattle and hogs. I own horses, too. I love horses as much as singing. I like to hunt on horseback.
Otis Redding
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I've lived to see key parts of my research absorbed in textbooks and in central banks around the world. And some finance ministries, too.
Edmund Phelps
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People expect you to be doing something cool all the time. In a normal life, that's not happening!
Kaia Gerber
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As humans, we all want our own island. Of course, the truth is, we're never going to get it.
T. C. Boyle
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I'm still learnin'. I pick up something from every performer I watch.
Wanda Jackson
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I try not to label myself anything, really, but you know, I'm definitely an indoorsy person, and I definitely kind of just try to, you know, stay away from life in the public eye, at least.
Macaulay Culkin
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All over the world, we're seeing access to food, clean water, education and healthcare improve; as a result, global innovation is rising as well.
Peter Diamandis
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No bloody or unbloody change of society can eradicate the evil in man: as long as there will be men, there will be malice, envy and hatred, and hence there cannot be a society which does not have to employ coercive restraint.
Leo Strauss
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I'm real pleased and humbled by the support that the fans show.
Andy Biersack
Black Veil Brides
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I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting field is certainly not the path many Indian parents encourage their children to take, but mine were very supportive. They wanted me to have an education, but understood that this is what I wanted to do.
Archie Panjabi
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When you take an energetic song and add it to one of the most energetic live performance set's you get pure mayhem...which is what the fans want to see!
Machine Gun Kelly
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There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S.
James K. Polk
