James Monroe Quotes
The American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not a psychiatrist.
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I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.
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I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
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I think having imaginary friends is an amazing coping mechanism. It's pretty wonderful, and it makes a lot of sense to me.
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Yes, I'm proud to be indigenous. I'm half-Quechua-Huachipaeri from Peru.
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Naturally, I was a bit of a curiosity, being the first hydrogen peroxide ingestion patient they had ever seen.
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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
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Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
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We left Dayton, September 23, and arrived at our camp at Kill Devil Hill on Friday, the 25th.
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When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.
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Without a doubt, I'd love to do Broadway. I actually can't wait to get back to musical theater.
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People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.
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I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
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Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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Everybody's social life in Jordan revolves around family.
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I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental protections, cut taxes on the rich and stroke 'fat cats' until they purr with pleasure. I'm completely repudiating the idea that government has to get out of the way.
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You always know when something works it's a result of everything firing on all cylinders.
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Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.
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Exemplary persons are steadfast in the face of adversity, while petty persons are engulfed by it.
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It is up to us, to this present generation of Americans, to take a stand for freedom, to send a message to Washington that we're taking our future back from the grips of central planners who would control our healthcare, who would spend our treasure, who downgrade our future and micro-manage our lives.
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Our sense of free will results from a failure to appreciate this: We do not know what we intend to do until the intention itself arises. To understand this is to realize that we are not the authors of our thoughts and actions in the way that people generally suppose.
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Moreover, from reforming the tax code to our immigration system, to commonsense legal reform, President Bush put America on notice that he will continue fighting to make the country, and the world, a better place for future generations.
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The American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.
