Ezra Stiles Quotes
But after the spirit of conquest had changed the first governments, all the succeeding ones have, in general, proved one continued series of injustice, which has reigned in all countries for almost four thousand years.
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If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken.
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We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.
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It's important that period films aren't seen as just a lovely visual exercise.
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While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater.
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Historically, I think you can really judge a person by their shoes.
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I was definitely nervous for the combine. You train for three months to go out there and perform for three days.
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The State Marriage Defense Act helps safeguard the ability of states to preserve traditional marriage for their citizens.
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A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.
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My books are about ordinary people placed in extraordinary situations who are able to draw upon their inner reserves to challenge the status-quo in life and navigate compelling human relationships.
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When I got the role in 'Homeland,' it really opened something up. Other people respected me more as an actor, doors were opened, and I understood for the first time that it wasn't personal. All that rejection wasn't personal.
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Most people imagine music playing in their heads, but some hallucinate music; some cannot sleep because of the soundtrack in their mind.
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All share complicity in the destruction of that much under-rated phenomenon called liberty.
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If you were blessed with a fortunate position... why wouldn't you want to impact the world around you as much as possible?
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When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Loneliness comes with life.
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Contrary to the fantasies of the fundamentalists, there was no deathbed conversion, no last minute refuge taken in a comforting vision of a heaven or an afterlife. For Carl, what mattered most was what was true, not merely what would make us feel better. Even at this moment when anyone would be forgiven for turning away from the reality of our situation, Carl was unflinching. As we looked deeply into each other's eyes, it was with a shared conviction that our wondrous life together was ending forever.
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Don't tell me women are not the stuff of heroes.
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If the crowd is too big, it's too much for me. I took my daughter down there, and all I did was spend all of my time worrying that she was going to get lost because you're caught between somebody with a sandwich in their hand and somebody in a costume. It's really crazy.
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The crude commercialism of America, its materialising spirit, its indifference to the poetical side of things, and its lack of imagination and of high unattainable ideals, are entirely due to that country having adopted for its national hero a man who, according to his own confession, was incapable of telling a lie, and it is not too much to say that the story of George Washington and the cherry-tree has done more harm, and in a shorter space of time, than any other moral tale in the whole of literature.
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Dear God, Please send to me the spirit of Your peace. Then send, dear Lord, the spirit of peace from me to all the world. Amen.
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Technology is ruled by two types of people: those who manage what they do not understand, and those who understand what they do not manage.
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But after the spirit of conquest had changed the first governments, all the succeeding ones have, in general, proved one continued series of injustice, which has reigned in all countries for almost four thousand years.
