George Mason Quotes
The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.George Mason
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Training for a fight is never easy, regardless of the opponent.
Fedor Emelianenko -
On June 23, 1864, Ambrose Bierce was in command of a skirmish line of Union soldiers at Kennesaw Mountain in northern Georgia. He'd been a soldier for three years and, in that time, had been commended by his superiors for his efficiency and bravery during battle.
Victor LaValle -
I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
Verne Troyer -
The two centre-backs, Rob Huth and Wes Morgan, are in many ways journeyman pros, but they have that wonderful attitude and never-say-die spirit that has culminated in them being top of the league.
Gary Lineker -
In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
Kage Baker -
The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
Sam Houston
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Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.
Zadie Smith -
The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
Francesco Guicciardini -
The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology.
Imre Lakatos -
It kind of scares me, the notion that we're going to be injecting ourselves into other countries' affairs when they're not posing a threat to our security. I wouldn't be telling Israel what to do.
Gary Johnson -
The positions I played in football, being a quarterback and a defensive back, you had to kind of have a little independent thinking.
Hale Irwin -
I got that nickname my first spring training camp with the Expos in 1974. Tim Foli, Ken Singleton and Mike Jorgensen started calling me 'Kid' because I was trying to win every sprint. I was trying to hit every pitch out of the park.
Gary Carter
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The most resonant crimes are the ones in which the victim is most innocent, or perceived as innocent. Blaming the victim is tempting; it offers an out.
S. J. Rozan -
The German decision to fight is implacable. Even if they were given more than they ask, they would attack just the same, because they are possessed by the demon of destruction.
Galeazzo Ciano -
A thing that happens to migrants is that they lose many of the traditional things which root identity, which root the self.
Salman Rushdie -
I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same.
LaToya Jackson -
My aunt and uncle would come over when my mom was making this, or we would go over there when they were making that. That's what food is.
Manish Dayal -
What people need to know is that asthma isn't a minor 'wheeze-disease.' It kills over five thousand people in America every year, and I could've been one of them.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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For us, the pressure comes from internal matter of having recorded eight records.
Davey Havok Blaqk Audio -
I like to do little obsessed losers, or people who are in over their head, or people who are trying to figure stuff out, or guys whose girlfriends leave them and they don't quite get it. Guys who just don't quite get it.
Bruce McCulloch -
The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.
George Mason