John C. Calhoun Quotes
With such irresistible evidence before us of the great and rapid progress of abolitionism without the slightest indication of abatement, he is blind who does not see, if the state of things which has caused it should be permitted to continue, that it will speedily be too late, if not to save ourselves, to save the Union.
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If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.
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If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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We're going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. Gasoline is going to be extremely tight for us.
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I just try to keep it simple, not let too many outside things influence me.
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One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.
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I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.
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I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
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Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger.
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I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a big mistake. I hope not to be in the next movie I direct.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He's not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.
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I am very career minded, and I think my personality is more suited to America. I am a working mother.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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I think it's fun to get in a room and sweat with people. I'm happy to share my workouts with everyone.
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The flesh is the surface of the unknown.
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I DJ'd for years. I DJ'd in high school, and I think my parents thought it was a passing thing. And then when I was in my second year of college, I was like, 'Yeah, you guys don't need to send me money anymore. My DJ gigs are good enough. I'm selling music; I think I'm gonna have a record deal. I can pay my tuition.'
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I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets.
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He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
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Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the people. It means that they can worship God in any way they feel right, and that includes Christians and Jews and voodoo doctors as well.
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My dad moved to London in his early 20s and didn't really go back. So the irony is I've spent lots and lots of time in Ireland, but not with my dad. I've shot films in Belfast, where he's from. And I've shot in Dun Laoghaire. Which is great. And I've shot in Dublin.
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There's a great and unutterable beauty in all this.
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The drama is a great revealer of life.
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It's great being an actor and being part of a play or a film where there's usually quite a big group of people who are collaborating, and your job is really to fit in and share that energy. With music, because I write the songs, it's a broader, more abstract process.
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With such irresistible evidence before us of the great and rapid progress of abolitionism without the slightest indication of abatement, he is blind who does not see, if the state of things which has caused it should be permitted to continue, that it will speedily be too late, if not to save ourselves, to save the Union.
