Jared Sparks Quotes
Most enlightened men now recognize that General Jackson is not fitted to fill the office of President; his limited experience of anything to do with civil government and his great age make him incompetent.
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Amazon is holding its own because the service it provides - offering millions of books and other items quickly and easily from home at any hour of the day or night - is a real one, and one that was impossible before there was an Internet.
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California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.
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I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose; I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose.
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In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.
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The market for local advertising is in the billions.
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It seems to me that Halloween is the perfect time to get all over steampunk.
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I like excess. And giant M&M's.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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You have to stay on top and learn from mistakes.
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that.
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Political and social history are in my view two aspects of the same process. Social life loses half its interest and political movements lose most of their meaning if they are considered separately.
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... what is important is not so much what people see in the gallery or the museum, but what people see after looking at these things, how they confront reality again. Really great art regenerates the perception of reality; the reality becomes richer, better or not, just different.
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Low income persons in need of social housing should be housed in more prosperous areas to avoid placing an extra burden on the poorer areas and to redress the balance in terms of housing, redressing the balance in terms of schooling.
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At the Brooklyn Ethical Culture School, we learned to express ourselves, and I've been expressing myself ever since.
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Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks' pockets.
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Most enlightened men now recognize that General Jackson is not fitted to fill the office of President; his limited experience of anything to do with civil government and his great age make him incompetent.
