Jefferson Davis Quotes
It was one of the compromises of the Constitution that the slave property in the Southern States should be recognized as property throughout the United States.
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Law gave me some structure... all these rules and internal disciplines.
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.
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Hollywood's got its own particular environment.
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A painter tries to convey to us a picture of the world as he sees it; an ophthalmologist tries to enable us to see the world as it really is. The logotherapist's role consists of widening and broadening the visual field of the patient so that the whole spectrum of potential meaning becomes conscious and visible to him.
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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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I'd rather work all night and sleep all day... perhaps I was a mole in my last incarnation.
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A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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I believe in operating in the big middle of the electorate and not being to the far right or the far left. I think you get so much more done.
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I was introduced to cinema by C-grade films that played in my village, Budhana, in UP. Only films by Dada Kondke, Mahendra Sandhu, and Kanti Shah were available.
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You know, we have two families: the one we're born into, and the one that we make for ourselves afterwards.
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What we wanted to do was tell a story that felt relatable to anyone who's been a teenager. We haven't all been a second-generation Pakistani-American girl with superpowers, but we've all been 16 and awkward.
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I shaved my head about 15 years ago and the first time I shaved it, I started running my hand through my hair and it was very therapeutic.
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When people do things for you, it's because they want to - because you, in some way, give them something meaningful that makes them want to please you, not because anyone owes you anything.
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I always keep a ball in the car. You never know.
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In 'Tree of Life,' the cinematography records a small story, a celebration of the courage of everyday life. But it does it so up close and so effortlessly that it has the effect of elevating the intimacy of the story to a grand scale.
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It's really hard to use a laptop when you only have half a lap.
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It does not follow that the meaning must be given from above; that life and suffering must come neatly labeled; that nothing is worth while if the world is not governed by a purpose.
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I am a recovering alcoholic.
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I was starstruck and completely confused; making a film of this story hadn't even occurred to me, and I hadn't written a single line of the book yet. I had no idea how this man knew anything about my book proposal.
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The fire of hell is called eternal, only because it never ends. Still, there is change in the pains of the lost... Hence in hell true eternity does not exist, but rather time.
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We must radiate success before it will come to us. We must first become mentally, from an attitude standpoint, the people we wish to become.
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I learned a long time ago that I can't control the challenges the creator sends my way, but I can control the way I think about them and deal with them
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It was one of the compromises of the Constitution that the slave property in the Southern States should be recognized as property throughout the United States.
