Jon Meacham Quotes
The perennial conviction that those who work hard and play by the rules will be rewarded with a more comfortable present and a stronger future for their children faces assault from just about every direction. That great enemy of democratic capitalism, economic inequality, is real and growing.
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Age for me is just a number.
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Funny is an attitude.
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There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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All my friends are like, 'Can you be on my side in the zombie apocalypse?' and I'm like, 'I got this.'
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
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I always used to watch 'Labyrinth' and 'The Neverending Story.' Those were like my two favorite movies that I would watch over and over and over again.
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Looking beautiful isn't just about what you apply on your face. It's the little things you do that matter. A combination of a good diet, exercise, healthy habits, discipline, dancing etc. is what my beauty routine consists of. Also, I have no bad habits; I don't drink or smoke. All these contribute to me being fit and looking good.
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Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated.
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A hit film is what we work for as actors, as that goes to show that we have managed to entertain our audiences who shower us with their love and affection throughout the years.
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Without husbands, women have to focus on earning more. They work longer hours, they're willing to relocate and they're more likely to choose higher-paying fields like technology.
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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People work hard.
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Death is not something any one of us want to dwell on, but we must all confront it at some point.
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We think of stars as celestial beings. And once in a while, they smile at us from the pages of 'People' magazine.
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You have to discipline your children, or they won't respect you, law enforcement or God or anyone else.
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I'm pretty confident about my sobriety, but I don't want to get too confident because that's when I'll crash.
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90% of the divorces are initiated by women. That is really odd. Why? What's going on? What's the great discontent at the heart of it?
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What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones,The labor of an age in pilèd stones,Or that his hallowed relics should be hidUnder a star-y-pointing pyramid?Dear son of memory, great heir of fame,What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name?
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I hope to go into a poem sober and come out a little drunk. And if I do then that's a real poem.
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The perennial conviction that those who work hard and play by the rules will be rewarded with a more comfortable present and a stronger future for their children faces assault from just about every direction. That great enemy of democratic capitalism, economic inequality, is real and growing.
