John C. Calhoun Quotes
The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised.John C. Calhoun
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Both World War II and the subsequent Cold War gave America's involvement in world affairs a clear focus. The objectives of foreign policy were relatively easy to define, and they could be imbued with high moral content.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
I quite like Low, the band from Minnesota. They're absolutely mesmerizing. I get much the same feeling from anything that Will Oldham does.
Gavin Rossdale Bush -
I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere to finally find out the damn dog was run over by a truck. Get the thing told, for heaven's sake. Everybody doesn't have to be an O. Henry.
Walter Cronkite -
I'm not a collector of clothes. I've got clothes to wear.
Iris Apfel -
I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.
Olly Murs -
I might not be the greatest actor, but I walk into every project willing to work hard.
Zac Efron
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Fashion is something which is non-lasting; it's ephemeral.
Lapo Elkann -
We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
Yusef Komunyakaa -
There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
Edmund Phelps -
Reverence is fatal to literature.
E. M. Forster -
A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models.
Cameron Russell -
I'm completely open about the fact that I don't love every genre of metal. I like what I like. It's got to have some vocal quality and some semblance of melody.
Eddie Trunk
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It's a very Southern thing to be interested in dark stuff.
Karin Slaughter -
I am what they call a chubby-skinny guy. I appear to be normal and have the look of an in-shape man, but if we were to go to a pool party I would go with my shirt on.
Adam Pally -
I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm trying to be affective, to suggest changes, and to resist what I feel are the tyrannies of social life on a certain level.
Barbara Kruger -
I can speak a little bit of Hindi but understand every word.
Ram Charan -
There's been a gap between perception and reality, the perception being that California is on the cutting edge of gun safety legislation when, in fact, there are a number of areas where we have fallen behind.
Gavin Newsom -
The bubble, as investing phenomenon, has been well studied ever since the 17th-century tulip bulb frenzy. Its counterpart in bear markets is not well understood.
Kenneth Fisher
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It is better to follow out a plan consistently even if it isn't the best one than to play without a plan at all. The worst thing is to wander about aimlessly.
Alexander Kotov -
A lot of people may know my face and know that I'm a good player on the football field, but they probably don't really know me as a person.
LaDainian Tomlinson -
I’ve had it with all stingy-hearted sons of bitches. A heart is to be spent.
Stephen Dunn -
The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised.
John C. Calhoun