Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes
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I am highly distressed and offended by what Donald Trump has been saying, and I don't think his nomination is good for the country. I think he would be a terrible president and terrible for our country.
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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There is a recognition that Second Amendment rights, like First Amendment and other rights, come with responsibilities and limitations. There is no reason both sides of the gun debate can't support policies that both protect the right to legally own guns for sport and safety, and reduce the likelihood of mass fatalities.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.
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I was a little too young to be a hippie.
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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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Your best teacher is your last mistake.
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And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society, you can't just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that it's much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers.
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
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We have to tell people who need help that it's OK to ask for it.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it.
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And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.
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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.
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We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American.
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'Fiji can make a similar report on the US on all those issues. Our report would be far worse than the US state department's report on Fiji.' (2 March 2005, reacting to a US State Department report critical on the state of race relations in Fiji).
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Education must be the only sector that hasn't already been completely revolutionized by technology.
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I live out of my van, which gives me a first-hand appreciation for power and lighting. A few years ago, I rebuilt the interior of my van to include solar panels and a battery that powers LEDs for lighting and allows me to charge my phone and laptop.
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How true it is that arguments have only power over us while the temper is disposed to listen to them!
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As long as my sixth graders showed an average improvement of five years, the principal and district pretty much left me alone to create my own curriculum and teach whatever I wanted.
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The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.
