James Otis Quotes
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It is vital that Iraq and the United States together send the clearest possible signal that those who commit acts of violence against American military forces and American civilians will not be rewarded with amnesty.
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The world is a global economy. I thought, 'It's a bummer we don't have a unifying currency.' Then I saw Bitcoin had already had a crash and had the resistance to recover. The community was strong enough to push it through again. That's really exciting.
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The bust of Colonel Sanders stands as a monument to cruelty and has no place in the Kentucky state Capitol.
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Telecoms is a national business. There isn't a European market. There's no Telecom Italia in France.
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I know a lot of single people who are not miserable as society tells them they're supposed to be.
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The thing is: in order to reach an agreement, to reach that balance, sometimes it is sort of like that old Rhinestone Cowboy lyric, 'There'll be a load of compromisin' on the road to my horizon.' For those of you who were too young, or don't recall the song, made famous by country singer Glen Campbell, it is your loss.
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Saying you are a patriot does not make you one; wearing a flag pin does not in itself mean anything at all.
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I've made a lot of mistakes. I've bonded with some people who use you, and some people that take advantage of you.
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If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?
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It doesn't bother me when people try to deconstruct my songs – because at least they're looking at the lyrics, and paying attention to the way the story is told.
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The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason.
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I don't see Hollywood as the big enemy, because this is where the money is, and not all of the companies are doing studio movies. I'm not tempted to sell out. If I'm going to become well known, I want it to be for something I'm proud of.
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There are two classes of poets - the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love.
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That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.
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Mind is a captive of the body.
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He imposes orders as he thinks of them, As the fox and snake do. It is a brave affair.
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Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in.
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Oft, as in airy rings they skim the heath, The clam'rous lapwings feel the leaden death; Oft, as the mounting larks their notes prepare, They fall, and leave their little lives in air.
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What I want you to take seriously is what we have to do for the youth.
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Why pamper life's complexity when the leather runs smooth on the passenger's seat?
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When beauty fires the blood, how love exalts the mind!
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There's a long history of presidents coming in, saying they're gonna to take on the bureaucracy. What they really mean is they're gonna try to shift the emphasis of where those bureaucrats are gonna work and how they're gonna spend their time towards achieving objectives that presidents want to achieve.
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I like voice-over in films, and most of my films have been voice-over films.
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I do not say that, when brought to the test, I shall be invincible.
