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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I have never seen an adequate description anywhere of the amazement, the uncomprehending horror of the bulk of the American people which preceded the firing of that gun at Sumter. Politicians or far-sighted leaders on both sides knew what was coming. And it is they who have written histories of the war. But to the easy-going millions, busied with their farms or shops, the onrushing disaster was as inexplicable as an earthquake. Their protest arose from sea to sea like the clamor of a gigantic hive of frightened bees.
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Delight in itself is the approach of sanity. Delight is to open our eyes to the reality of the situation rather than siding with this or that point of view.
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The most all penetrating spirit before which will open the possibility of tilting not tables, but planets, is the spirit of free human inquiry. Believe only in that.
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Today we have access to highly advanced technologies. But our social and economic system has not kept up with our technological capabilities that could easily create a world of abundance, free of servitude and debt.
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I want the ethic of being independent and open-minded, having a lot of integrity, intellectually, to be part of anything I do.
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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.
