John Phillips Marquand Quotes
It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry.
John Phillips Marquand
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I grew up on Avenue C, and Tompkins Square Park was my park. That was where I played ball every day. I lived in that park.
Ramon Rodriguez
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It takes a lot of help - nature, friends, family, craftsmen - for me to make what I make.
Dan Colen
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Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people.
Larry Craig
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'The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movement in Iraq,' by Hanna Batatu. Few may wish to take on this massive, obscure work, but it changed my life, and I love it.
Adam Davidson
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If people ask me to describe my look, I always say: 'Quite classic with an edge.'
Carine Roitfeld
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A sociopath doesn't warm up their environment, doesn't make it cozy. They don't have to; when they're not performing, when they're not manipulating, when they're all alone, there's nothing.
Walter Kirn
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I've always felt so different from how I look. I meet so many pretty girls who are like, 'Here I am! Don't you want me because I look good?' That concept is so weird to me. I want to know, 'What else do you have going on?'
Malin Akerman
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In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
Queen Elizabeth II
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Color is a power which directly influences the soul.
Wassily Kandinsky
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Ninja is super-ambitious - more than I am.
Yolandi Visser
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Bullying is never fun, it's a cruel and terrible thing to do to someone. If you are being bullied, it is not your fault. No one deserves to be bullied, ever.
Raini Rodriguez
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As far as the creative side of making great, great albums and really trying to go down in history? I don't see that happening lately, you know what I mean? You have a lot of guys is talented, but at the same time, timeless music is more important to me.
Raekwon
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Success is never final, but failure can be.
Bill Parcells
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When he straightened up again, there were six Harry Potters gasping and panting in front of him. Fred and George turned to each other and said together, "Wow -- we're identical!
Joanne Rowling
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What we in America call terrorists are really groups of people that reject the international system...
Henry Kissinger
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Maybe during the last sprint, sometimes you can lose, sometimes you can gain.
Martin Lel
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Since dogs could hear and smell better than men, we could concentrate on sight. Since courage is commonplace in dogs, men's adrenal glands could shrink. Dogs, by making us more efficient predators, gave us time to think. In short, dogs civilized us.
Donald McCaig
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It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry.
John Phillips Marquand
