Oliver Ellsworth Quotes
The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution. It is possible there may be abuses and misapplications; still, it is better to hazard something than to hazard at all.
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When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.
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I think one thing that kids who grow up on farms really have going for them is they have exposure to death and birth in a totally different way. I think it takes away a little bit of the mystery and a little bit of the fear, and I do wish I had that. And I wish I was able to grow my own food.
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When I do retire, I will miss the trips with the team, the jokes with my teammates, the habits: having breakfast with them, playing with them, all the little things.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that.
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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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A journalist covering politics, most of us are aware of the necessity to try to be sure we're unbiased in our reporting. That's one of the fundamentals of good journalism.
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Modeling gave me so many experiences, like traveling and being exposed to global cultures, but the most valuable lesson has been working with designers who truly are visionaries in their field.
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I'll always be American in my world view and allegiance. American in the naive way I go to other countries and tell them how they should treat their poor or clean their water.
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I'm a voice for children's books and children's reading.
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I cook a little bit. I make a Hungarian dish called chicken paprikash that's out of this world. I'll give a heads-up to all of your readers that it doesn't have to be between Thai and Mexican every night. Toss some Hungarian in every once in a while. You will not be sorry. Good, solid peasant food.
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I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall flat.
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I think sometimes good sentimentality is fun when it's balanced.
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My dad was a huge Bob Dylan fan, so we listened to his music, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, and all that kind of stuff.
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Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
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The actual game is only part of the Senior Bowl experience - the practices are equally important.
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Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good.
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No two minds ever come together without thereby creating a third, invisible, intangible force which may be likened to a third mind.
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Shine out fair sun, till I have bought a glass, That I may see my shadow as I pass.
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Really hard laughs, they've gotta make you live longer or something.
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There is no dramatic difference in happiness on the part of people who are wealthy.
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That's right I never hold my tongue for saving face
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The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution. It is possible there may be abuses and misapplications; still, it is better to hazard something than to hazard at all.
