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 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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The enemy for the fanatic is pleasure, which makes it extremely important to continue to indulge in pleasure. Dance madly. That is how you get rid of terrorism.
Salman Rushdie
