John Quincy Adams Quotes
This house will bear witness to his piety; this town, his birthplace, to his munificence; history to his patriotism; posterity to the depth and compass of his mind.

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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
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Everybody gets dressed every day, and whatever you decide to get dressed in that morning is communicating something.
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Not long after 'The Pacific,' I began shooting the comedy 'Larry Crowne,' which was also with Tom Hanks, who also directed and plays the title character.
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I am healthy and happy.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
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From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always wanted to be an artist, but my parents were divorced, and my dad really wanted me to play sports, and that's how I got to see him. He would come pick me up or take me to practice, and he was always at my games.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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The University of Southern California has a wonderful social work department, and I was thrilled to find out that they have a whole veterans' initiative program there. They approached me, and I set up a scholarship that would go to a military-oriented person to learn techniques and skills to better help veterans.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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When I was young, I'd fight everyone who insisted I'd be an actress. I'd say, 'No way. I'm going to be a veterinarian. I'm going to work at Wetzel's Pretzels.'
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Research confirms that great teachers change lives. Students with one highly effective elementary school teacher are more likely to go to college, less likely to become pregnant as teens, and earn tens of thousands more over their lifetimes.
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There are no silos at 'Frontline.' Our digital team works with our filmmakers, and our filmmakers work with our digital team. They're always in touch, and they're always talking.
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Common man is always benefited by a rate cut.
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It's obvious that I come down on the side of free speech for anybody's work.
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I don't know that I could play a complete and total mess. After awhile, I think I would be like, 'No, none of that!'
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I am nowhere near my limit. I just want to see if there are such things as limits. I want to go and find out.
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I know, these Hindi movies are crap, but they do kind of take your mind away from the crap of real life like nothing else.
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There is an objective reality in which my body and mind are one. But I am not here and never have been.
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People are people, and I get a bit annoyed that the music business only focuses in on the big metropolises. I find that people that don't live in big cities are just as likely to enjoy music as people that do live in big cities.
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When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.
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This house will bear witness to his piety; this town, his birthplace, to his munificence; history to his patriotism; posterity to the depth and compass of his mind.