James L. Petigru Quotes
The political power of the Country must fall eventually into the hands of certain great families as it always has done in other republics.
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Unsettling signs of al Qaeda's aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the threshold of using the Internet as a direct instrument of bloodshed.
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In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River.
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I don't find an advantage or disadvantage in being a woman when reporting. What little advantages there might be in some instances is cancelled out by the basic lack of lavatories round the world for women.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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I seemed to have been born reading.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.
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I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.
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In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.
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Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
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There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
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Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?
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Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.
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The simple things in life make me very happy.
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If you're offended, it's your problem.
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I call on the Palestinian people to elect new leaders - leaders not compromised by terror.
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I do not want Britain to turn its back on Europe or the rest of the world.
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Unequivocally, individual human beings who live together will always have different standards of what a 'clean house' looks like.
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You cannot settle a new country without suffering, exposure, and danger. Cheerful endurance of hardships and contempt of surroundings become a virtue in a pioneer. Comfort is a comparatively new thing in the United States.
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The political power of the Country must fall eventually into the hands of certain great families as it always has done in other republics.
