John C. Calhoun Quotes
It is a fundamental rule with me not to vote for a loan or tax bill till I am satisfied it is necessary for the public service, and then not if the deficiency can be avoided by lopping off unnecessary objects of expenditure or the enforcement of an exact and judicious economy in the public disbursements.John C. Calhoun
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Winning the gold medal should have been the happiest day of my entire life, and it just wasn't. It felt like the saddest day of my life. Everyone was so angry with us, that Scott and I had fallen in love, because it was so unprofessional, and we were a disgrace and had betrayed everybody.
Victoria Pendleton -
We'll always be fascinated by people who live above the law.
Wagner Moura -
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.
Jacob Bronowski -
It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
Aaron Koblin -
Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels.
Frances O'Grady -
My family never had a business background. We are artistes.
Ram Charan
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There's something troubling about a condition in which one country alone, which has roughly 5 percent of the world's population, spends more than 50 percent of the world's defense budgets. There's something weird about it.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
My parents took me to a movie, and I remember wanting to sit apart from them for some reason. I wanted to be a big boy or whatever. I remember looking up on that screen. It was a movie about medieval knights. All I remember is saying, 'I want to do that. I want to make movies.'
Tate Donovan -
But there's a huge blessing that comes from being a part of a show like 'The Cosby Show' that sets such a high standard of quality - it touched so many people on so many different levels.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner -
I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist.'
Carlos Fuentes -
When you come to America, it's a very serious thing. It's not like you arrive and they say, 'Hey, come on! Do movies!' I can't just be hopping around. I have to focus and be still and make sure that I put the time and effort in. Because if I don't, I could lose it like that.
Maggie Q -
I am a businessman.
Ralph Norman
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In school I was always the funny-looking, tall, skinny kid that got made fun of because of my weird teeth.
Lara Stone -
I like routine.
Gail Porter -
Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
Yogi Berra -
Don't be a victim; if you want to make movies, make movies.
Lance Reddick -
I admired anyone who could unsettle people.
J. G. Ballard -
I thought, I need to reinvent myself. I want every day of life to be wonderful, fascinating, interesting, creative. And what am I gonna do to make that happen?
Karen Allen
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Studying doesn't have to happen in a silo. It can be a social experience. You can engage with your friends and family to find out the answer to a tough question or have someone explain it to you. You can also study anywhere you happen to be and on any device.
Eric Lefkofsky -
I believe that anyone can be successful in life, regardless of natural talent or the environment within which we live. This is not based on measuring success by human competitiveness for wealth, possessions, influence, and fame, but adhering to God's standards of truth, justice, humility, service, compassion, forgiveness, and love.
Jimmy Carter -
I have asked to have no funeral, and no memorial service. I hate other people's and would certainly not appreciate my own.
Charles Saatchi -
Never in the history of the world have so many people been so rich; never in the history off the world have so many of those same people felt themselves so poor.
Lewis H. Lapham -
The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy.
Christine Baranski -
It is a fundamental rule with me not to vote for a loan or tax bill till I am satisfied it is necessary for the public service, and then not if the deficiency can be avoided by lopping off unnecessary objects of expenditure or the enforcement of an exact and judicious economy in the public disbursements.
John C. Calhoun