James Russell Lowell Quotes
Our papers don't purtend to print on'y wut Guv'ment choose,An' thet insures us all to git the very best o' noose.
Quotes to Explore
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Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
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We can't afford to go lose two, three in a row. We've got to keep climbing and getting wins.
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I'm not that lazy, but I don't need that much money. I lead a fairly simple life.
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Historical fiction is actually good preparation for reading SF. Both the historical novelist and the science fiction writer are writing about worlds unlike our own.
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Everywhere you hang your hat is home. Home is the bright cave under the hat.
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We took a plant that was being closed by a big company thinking there was no good use for it, and we came in with a different perspective. We bought some used equipment, as simple as we could.
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Of course, my family helped me, my brothers helped me, but after I set up my own office I had to really help myself. Some people seem to think I had an oil well in my garden! It's a nice idea but not true.
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Women are choosing to stay single rather than marry men who can't step up and provide.
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I love to take something ordinary and make it really special.
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If the money's right, I'll do a film.
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I guess maybe another gift I have is a great work ethic.
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The American Way is an amalgam of our compassion, our strengths, our failings and our attempts to build a better world, a more perfect union.
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A thief believes everybody steals.
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I certainly like it if the work is beautiful, but that's a surplus effect. I can only think about that after I consider how it's made.
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That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.
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Taking sartorial risks and not following other people is what makes you stand out.
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I believe always you should have a philanthropic heart inside but business way. Because you have to get things done. That is what scientists tell us how to do properly. Business should tell us how to get things done efficiently. And government should have the good environment and the foundations of researching.
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Diet is weird. It's elusive. I just try to listen to my body.
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To all the self-righteous defenders of 'freedom of speech' who oh-so-ardently proclaimed that FARA registration places no restrictions whatsoever on RT's journalistic work in the U.S.: Withdrawal of Congressional credentials speaks much louder than empty platitudes.
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I'm really good in a crisis, because I don't panic.
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It is within the power of every man to live his life nobly, but of no man to live forever. Yet so many of us hope that life will go on forever, and so few aspire to live nobly.
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The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, under stress and responsibility, he breaks through his educational shell, and he may then be a splendid surprise to himself no less than to this teachers.
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If you're writing, you're starting in private. It can really be this amazing, private, freeing experience. Forget that it's for other people - that comes in later.
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Our papers don't purtend to print on'y wut Guv'ment choose,An' thet insures us all to git the very best o' noose.
