Jules Michelet Quotes
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In the fall of 1943 we brought home our second son, whom we named Alexander.
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An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion.
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards.
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A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.
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Second place is just the first place loser.
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Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever.
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Marrakech in May is unseasonably tagine-hot.
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Public humiliation comes to us all, and never so surely as when we're just a little bit pleased with ourselves and feel, just for once, that everything is going our way.
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You just have to enjoy what you're doing. You just never know how people are going to receive it.
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We've always made progress by understanding what the next great challenge is.
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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
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My mother is a beautiful writer. Writing letters back and forth with her was an athletic endeavor, and it became something I really looked forward to.
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Most people are completely unaware of their breath. They violate your space, they have no idea that they have halitosis.
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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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I sat behind Thurman Thomas for my first couple of years, then my first year starting I won the Heisman. After I won the Heisman, that's when things changed as far as going to the NFL.
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I will always do what I can to help others, but when I retire, I want to be a dad and a husband. I want a house and a dog in the yard. I want to have barbecues.
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The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.
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There are still some terrible cliches in the presentation of Indian fiction. The lotus flower. The hennaed hands. In mainland Europe, people still slap these images on my books and I go bananas.
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Not just a benchmark in my career, but a benchmark in my life.
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The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion.
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I like movies that leave you with something to think about, to discuss, to debate, you know?
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I enjoy music wherever it's coming from.
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Our esteem is apt to be given where we know the least.
