Oliver Cromwell Quotes
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them.
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I just developed my act way back in the late '80s. I went to college in Georgia, so I picked up the Southern accent. I talked like that with my friends all the time, because it was fun. It was funny... All my friends were real Southern. We're buddies, so I'd say stuff to make them laugh. So that was pretty much it.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
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I'm no more or less antisocial than the next person.
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Education, housing and hospitals are the most important things for society.
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Once people take ownership over the decision to receive feedback, they're less defensive about it.
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Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with the Republicans.
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Your life continues in those who continue the revolution.
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There is a story which is not being told strongly enough of the Afghan employees of the UN inside the country who are saving hundreds of thousands of lives everyday by their bravery and nobody talks of them.
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If you're not acting, you're not an actor.
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I hate big models.
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The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.
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Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
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My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds and human beings had in common. He told me what it meant to be a man and to be a Black man. He taught me about love and responsibility, about beauty, and how to make gumbo.
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In 2012, General Dempsey, General Petraeus directed the CIA, Secretary Panetta and Secretary Clinton recommended to the president to robustly arm and train the Syrian moderates. He says no. In 2013, conduct a military strike, same national security team, against the Assad regime because he violated the chemical red line. He says no.
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As a young man in South Africa at the beginning of the twentieth century, Gandhi developed satyagraha, a mode of political activism based upon moral persuasion, while mobilizing South Africa's small Indian minority against racial discrimination.
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Quebec City, Canada: 'A rotten priest-ridden community who are the completest passengers & who won't do their bit in anything & of course not during the war !!' (23 Aug 1919)
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I don't have a type looks-wise, but all my exes have been funny, open-minded and ambitious. I can't stand men with no passion in life.
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A real desire to believe all the good you can of others and to make others as comfortable as you can will solve most of the problems.
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I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.
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It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it.
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I am neither heir nor executor to Charles Stuart.
