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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Illegal immigration can never be completely stopped, no matter how high the wall or how many patrol agents you have watching it.
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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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The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.
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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 said three things when I woke up in Walter Reed. 'I love you.' 'Put me to work,' and 'You stink! Go shower!'
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I guess maybe another gift I have is a great work ethic.
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I know I've been lucky. But it's what you do with that luck afterwards that really defines whether you stick around.
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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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The decision to write full-time meant I couldn't afford to buy a house. A friend kindly offered me the use of his apartment in a thirty-six-story building full of newlywed couples in the southern area of Jakarta. I didn't like my working space at first, but the scenery and everything going on outside have worked their magic on me.
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African film makers are scraping by on a mere pittance.
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I'm not really in touch with those 'Seinfeld' lads except Jason Alexander.
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Deadwood lies at the northern tip of the Black Hills, where the land is ancient and rubbed smooth by time. The Black Hills are more rugged at their southern extremity, where bare granite forms pinnacles and spires.
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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.
