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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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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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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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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When we want to do something while unconsciously certain to fail, we seek advice so we can blame someone else for the failure.
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This is what I say about the scorn of the media elite: I wear their scorn as a badge of honor.
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Those who desire to be men in truth, and not brutes, having only the appearance and shape of men, must constantly endeavor to reduce the wants of the body, such as eating, love, drinking, anger, and all manners originating in lust and passion; they must feel ashamed of them and set limits to them for themselves.
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I am, you know, a Democrat through and through. I've always voted Democratic. You know, that is where my heart lies.
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Yesterday's truth is today's bullshit. Even yesterday's liberating insight is today's jail of stale explanation.
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Sometimes success needs interruption to regain focus and shake off complacency.
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No crust so tough as the grudged bread of dependence.
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The beginning is the chiefest part of any work.
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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.
