John Lothrop Motley Quotes
The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading events of modern times.
John Lothrop Motley
Quotes to Explore
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I trust no one totally.
Gary Sheffield
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I'm shy, and I can hide behind my acting and discover the truth about myself because it's cathartic in that way. But I tend not to read reviews.
Eamonn Walker
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In the past, I used to argue with those who didn't share my views. I felt this incredible need to 'make my point.' Now I live my life and do my best to be an example of what seems right to me.
Victoria Moran
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As I have got older, I have become easier on myself. It's about realising things can't be perfect.
Harriet Walter
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Well, first of all, I'm an incredibly gullible person - I'm so bad that when I said that to someone, my friend said, 'You know, 'gullible' isn't even in the dictionary.' And I said, 'Really?' As I was saying 'Really?' I will acknowledge that I then realized what was happening, but that's how bad I am.
Carla Gugino
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I don't want to name any names, but I've worked on television shows where there's a guy writing for my generation who's, like, 60 - and it doesn't work.
Zachary Knighton
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I'm related to the portrait painter George Romney.
Wavy Gravy
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It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that position, he is free from troubles; otherwise, he courts them.
Ramana Maharshi
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Google owns YouTube, and recently, I drew a comic about an idea for a YouTube feature - which they actually took seriously and implemented. So I'm thinking that maybe we'll have a future where Google is 'xkcd.'
Randall Munroe
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Religious traditions are easy to lose sight of in today's marketing frenzy. Make sure you take time to gently usher your little ones into the rituals that have special meaning for you.
Adam Mansbach
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Place hitting is, in a sense, glorified bunting. I only take a half swing at the ball, and the weight of the bat rather than my swing is what drives it.
Edd Roush
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In feature films, unless there was a body count, they weren't hiring me to direct it.
Gary Sherman
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Now, I don't mind making fun of those preachers who steal money from people, they kind of deserve it.
Victoria Jackson
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Most of the time, I'm not even working; I'm just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky.
Jackie Chan
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I am half Puerto Rican, a quarter German and a quarter black. That was always a big issue for me - being mixed race - because casting directors tended to be very like, 'OK, are you Hispanic for this role?' 'Or is she going to be African American?'
Naya Rivera
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I look at my clarinet sometimes and I think, I wonder what's going to come out of there tonight? You never know.
Acker Bilk
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In my last year at Hallmark, we finally began putting verses on computer. It had been all in filing cabinets on index cards. They had to assign a 4 digit serial number to each sentiment, for each area of feeling.
Pat Cadigan
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Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination, and everything came out perfect.
Jack Prelutsky
