John Lothrop Motley Quotes
A soil, exhausted by the long culture of Pagan empires, was to lie fallow for a still longer period.
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You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.
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Sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time.
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I had a lovely childhood. For family holidays, we went as far as the car could take us - we would drive to Florida, even though it would take three days. I didn't know we didn't have a lot of money because there was always food on the table. I didn't have a lot of stuff, but I did figure skating for a long time, and I always had my skates.
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We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.
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I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me.
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The thing about Iceland is that we are trapped there anyway, all of us. We have been trapped there for thousands of years.
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I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go elsewhere. Earth, thou art not my abyss!
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It is a universal principle that you get more of what you think about, talk about, and feel strongly about.
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The culinary tradition in my family is very strong. My mother, a very wise woman, spent the better part of her life in a kitchen. It's a very strong part of her identity. I grew up there next to the fire.
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I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
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I do not welcome advice from actors; they are here to act.
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What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.
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Movies are a commercial medium. We don't make movies to impress our friends and critics. It's an expensive medium. We have to gain money from it.
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I never try to be the poster child for the perfect mother/wife... You prioritize, you do the best you can possibly do, and you don't beat yourself up.
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There's so much power in allegory, to form ideas and learn lessons that you can actually take and apply to real life. I think that's why I originally really loved fantasy and reading.
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Through the craziness, yoga classes allow me a safe space to breathe and put energy into myself.
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I don't think we do a great job in America any more of distinguishing between campaigns and governance. We live in an environment that's all campaign all of the time and it's helpful, now that we've moved beyond a campaign and an election to get into a governance posture.
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I can't hold on very long Forgive me, pretty baby, but I always take the long way home
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I've bought more music for my Ipod in one year than I bought in the last ten years of my life.
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A soil, exhausted by the long culture of Pagan empires, was to lie fallow for a still longer period.
