James Russell Lowell Quotes
Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
Quotes to Explore
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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Porridge and the urban lifestyle don't mix well.
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I think I'm telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and at that time he didn't know he was our coach and I didn't either.
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I stand by the principle of honesty, fair play, and trustworthiness.
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I want to know what it's like to play in a Super Bowl and win one. My career will be great without it. But, personally, selfishly, I want to know what it feels like.
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People try to change too much at once and it becomes overwhelming, and they end up falling off the program. So gradually changing bad habits makes much more of a difference than trying to change them all at once.
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I like school very much, and I'll go to college if my career slows down. But kids go to college to be where I am today. Not to put college down, but for me, it would be digressing.
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Labor is the source of all wealth and all culture.
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Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom; and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too.
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Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.
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I know what falling off the cliff means. I know from being considered a very bright kid to being considered like a moron and dropping out of school.
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As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure.
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I can only try to keep the characters interesting; it's up to the readers to decide whether they're still relevant.
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Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the world?
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God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say.
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When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.
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In this part of the world, Jews and Arabs will live together forever.
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When I was in second grade, my mother moved from Miami to this evangelical conservative environment in western North Carolina, two miles down the road from Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth.
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When people get taken over by the ego to such an extent, there is nothing else in their mind except the ego. They can no longer feel or sense their humanity - what they share with other human beings, or even with other life forms on the planet. They are so identified with concepts in their minds that other human beings become concepts as well.
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Just getting our plays in, slowing down the game and making sure we were executing on offense and defense, and playing together, not just getting transition layups all the time.
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When you sit quietly and let go of every false self-definition , of everything you think you know about who you are, and then be what's left, what remains is the untarnished presence of who you've always been and still really are.
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I consider myself a student of many religions. The more I learn, the more questions I have. For me, the spiritual quest will be a life-long work in progress.
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Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
