John Quincy Adams Quotes
The first steps of the slaveholder to justify by argument the peculiar instutitions is to deny the self-evident truths of the Declaration of Independence. He denies that all men are created equal. He denies that he has inalienable rights.
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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.
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Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
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I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, 'I wanted my first son to be named Dallas.'
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I actually opened for Chris Rock at the Funny Bone one time.
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An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
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If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.
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There is no debate that social media is a great tool for networking with others in our industry. It can lead to friendships, support, and serendipitous connections with reviewers, agents, reporters, or editors.
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Even though I had been boxing, I had no idea I could beat somebody in the ring. And I had no idea I could really take a punch. When I realized that, I really started taking off.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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I was born in India - but never really lived there.
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Pay attention to the big themes because that's what will help you earn ten times your money.
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I am just enjoying what cricket has given me. In sports, it's obviously really important for all of us to remain fit - and health is wealth, so health comes with the sport.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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The first aspect of a business that you need to make it work well is money. Once the money aspect is flowing, you can freely work on other aspects.
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Whatever the reviewers feel about 'The Casual Vacancy', it is what I wanted it to be, and you can't say fairer than that as a writer.
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There is a sense of purity in theatre which always attracts me. Deep down, I feel I am more of an artist than a commodity, which Bollywood turns you into. I want to strike a balance.
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My father's record collection was all country. That's how I was exposed to it.
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Do not by any means destroy yourself, for if you live you may yet have good fortune, but all the dead are dead like.
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They're not terribly imaginative. They're not entrepreneurial. They don't innovate. That's why they're stealing our intellectual property.
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Men are nothing, principles are everything.
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I don't believe in curfews, because you can't treat men like they were boys without forfeiting a certain level of trust.
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The first steps of the slaveholder to justify by argument the peculiar instutitions is to deny the self-evident truths of the Declaration of Independence. He denies that all men are created equal. He denies that he has inalienable rights.
