John C. Calhoun Quotes

A difference must be made between a decision against the constitutionality of a law of Congress and of a State. The former acts as a restriction on the powers of this government, but the latter as an enlargement.

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• Doing voice-over work is something that I love to do, and it is a lot of fun at the same time.

  

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• Every time I step onto an airplane, I turn to the right and take a good, hard stare into the maw of the engine. I don't know what I'm looking for. I just do it.

  

  Barbara Kingsolver
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• You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it. What I'm trying to say is, I'm not a reluctant pop star.

  

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• Foucault is one of many who want a new conception of how power and knowledge interact. But he is not looking for a relation between two givens, 'power' and 'knowledge.' As always, he is trying to rethink the entire subject matter, and his 'knowledge' and 'power' are to be something else.

  

  Ian Hacking
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• I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.

  

  Barbara Corcoran
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• It's important for women to work. They need to keep their independence, to keep earning and being challenged.

  

  Tamara Mellon
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• I'll watch CNN in the mornings to catch up on what's going on. On the weekends, I get the Sunday edition of 'The New York Times.'

  

  Sam Trammell
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• Tonight Illinois has set a tone for the nation, that we won't stand idle hoping that our economy improves. This is a brand new day for the Illinois Republican Party.

  

  Adam Kinzinger
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• I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do.

  

  Nas
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• The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.

  

  Garrett Graff
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• If I'm so popular, why did they replace me with Tommy Thayer?

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
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• Change is vital to any actor. If you keep playing lead after lead, you're really gonna dry up. Because all those vehicles wean you away from the truths of human behaviour.

  

  Gary Oldman
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• I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.

  

  Jackie Chan
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• The president of the United States is not a king. You know? Barack Obama was elected by the American people.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
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• I'm going to say my favorite thing is to eat salads, and I'll be like the altar boy.

  

  Lamar Odom
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• My life is so full of sacrifices.

  

  Zubin Mehta
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• Our influences are who we are. It's rare that anything is an absolutely pure vision; even Daniel Johnston sounds like the Beatles. And that's the problem with the bands I'm always asked about, the ones derivative of the early Seattle sound. They don't dilute their influences enough.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
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• Whenever we do stuff with Die Antwoord, it's kind of like... I made a lot of music before this group that I'm kind of bored of and forgot about, and everything with Die Antwoord I really love. It's the first time I've made music where, even the first songs we made, I really adore all those songs, and I'm proud of them.

  

  Watkin Tudor Jones
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• The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.

  

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• Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law.

  

  James A. Baldwin
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• Romania doesn't have a big tradition of gymnastics as a fun activity. We were a little behind in this aspect.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
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• I don't have muscle tone. I'm just flab. I'm not a daredevil. I don't like pain, I don't like cold, I don't want to feel exhausted. But the sense of accomplishment is something I've never felt before, in a physical sense.

  

  Charlene Tilton
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• Part of the power of the Internet is that information flows out there and it's generally not censored and it's generally not controlled by any single authority.

  

  Barack Obama
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• A difference must be made between a decision against the constitutionality of a law of Congress and of a State. The former acts as a restriction on the powers of this government, but the latter as an enlargement.

  

  John C. Calhoun
  • Law
  • Decision