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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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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I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty.
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Satanism represents opposition to hypocrisy, every human being feels rage, every human being feels anger, and we feel it is natural to express that anger in a healthy way.
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What passions cannot music raise or quell?
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We've lived through a time in which people have felt they could forge their own future and make a better world. We may not have achieved our dreams in the time frame that we once believed was realistic, but the magnitude of what is yet to be achieved only confirms the importance of our commitment. Knowing this, we can't stop now.
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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.
