Oliver Ellsworth Quotes
Some persons never attain to the happy art of perspicuous expression, and it is equally true that some persons, thro' a mental defect of their own, will judge the most correct and certain language of others to be indefinite and ambiguous.
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The truth is, I've been on a team my whole life. I'm the youngest of 7, so I've been training to be an athlete my whole life.
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I'm trying to live every moment as much as I can.
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I'm happy pretty well anywhere on this big, beautiful planet.
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When hypocrisy is a character trait, it also affects one's thinking, because it consists in the negation of all the aspects of reality that one finds disagreeable, irrational or repugnant.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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Basically, my idea and explorations on fashion have not changed; however, I believe I'm going state-of-the-art on fashion.
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No two wars are identical.
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I'm a capitalist. I believe that people take risk, and there are rewards if they do well; they should lose if they don't.
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I said back in 2010 when I was rubbish at the European championships, 'If I never win an omnium until 2012, I don't care.' I then won Olympic gold.
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Little boys have amazing minds.
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There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.
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I can't help but laugh at how perfect I am.
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Rather than fretting about IQ scores, voters should try to determine what candidates read - other than the Bible, which they all say they read - and the kind of people with whom they spend their time.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion.
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I’ve always been a dreamer, have always believed in the power of love and art and loud, life-affirming rock and roll, but, for the first time, I’m starting to have doubts. Can a dream even exist in reality? Or does it turn to stone the second it leaves your mind?
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Realism sets itself at work to consider characters and events which are apparently the most ordinary and uninteresting, in order to extract from these their full value and true meaning. It would apprehend in all particulars the connection between the familiar and the extraordinary, and the seen and unseen of human nature.
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The number one priority in life is to take care of yourself and make sure you're happy.
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For many little girls, life with father is a dress rehearsal for love and marriage.
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Some persons never attain to the happy art of perspicuous expression, and it is equally true that some persons, thro' a mental defect of their own, will judge the most correct and certain language of others to be indefinite and ambiguous.
