Jon Meacham Quotes
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When you are intelligent and beautiful you face a lot of problems. If you are beautiful and stupid then it's easy.
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I'm the first to admit that the resolution of a hand feeling the belly doesn't compare with the resolution of a CAT scan scanning the belly, but only my hand can say that it hurts at this spot and not at this spot. Only my hand can say that.
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That's maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of rules and make up their own way of doing things.
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One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence.
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Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored.
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We had to go all through the night thinking that our baby was dead. When God showed him to us, he wasn't dead, he was sucking his thumb. God had him safe and sound. He is a miracle. He is so healthy, so perfect, and God has really, really blessed us.
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In 2008, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for work done on a molecule called green fluorescent protein that was isolated from the bioluminescent chemistry of a jellyfish, and it's been equated to the invention of the microscope in terms of the impact that it has had on cell biology and genetic engineering.
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When I was living in the Dominican Republic, the local kids became a part of my family.
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Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept of empirical character are soldered into one.
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It's just so cool to be able to go out to dinner and buy my mom's dinner now. You know what I mean? She's just done so much for me. I love that I can give back to her now because she's the most amazing woman ever.
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I don't care how I got here. In the books, when you look at it 10 or 20 years from now, it's not going say how he got here, it's going to say he's here and he represented the team.
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You can never take a day off, because there's an All-Star on every team.
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The music is at this weird intersection of dance music and indie music. It's not quite dancey enough to do a full-blown DJ set, and it wasn't quite rock enough for a rock band. But I guess it's what makes us unique - drawing from a lot of different influences.
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Among the group of people waiting at the fortress was a schoolgirl in a brown and yellow uniform holding a green eiderdown quilt and, by the loop at its neck, a red hot-water bottle.
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The world is dark and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.
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It won't be covered in the book. The source code has to be useful for something, after all...
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It is better to live on the house top than to live in a house full of confusion.
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If you think about what 'The Killing' is, it is the theatrical production, not the script.
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I've dreamed a lot, but i'm not a very good sleeper.
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Years ago, I went to Brazil and fell in love with it. I really like the music, samba, bossa nova, the language and the people.
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Their whole life depends on spending money, and now they’ve got none to spend. That’s our civilization and our education: bring up the masses to depend entirely on spending money, and then the money gives out.
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It's really important to note that Bumble VIBee isn't about weeding anyone out of the equation. Everyone is still allowed to use Bumble. If you're an active, engaging user, we reward you with VIBee status, and you can stand out in the app.
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President Obama is now losing to 'Republican Nominee' in polls - no name needed.
