Fisher Ames Quotes
The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't normally cook, but if I did it probably would be beans, sausage, bacon and eggs. I never really get to eat that to be honest.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.
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I've always said I wanted to play in England. There was a struggle between Chelsea and United, but according to me, Chelsea has the best project.
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When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.
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Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, 'Whoa, I'm really not!'
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave danger. And I mean grave danger. If I had let it go just a few more years I could have broken my hip or spine just picking up my granddaughter.
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I don't make resolutions, because resolutions seem so ephemeral and transient to go away.
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I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work.
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God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say.
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Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.
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I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design.
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When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work.
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Traditional performance reviews have passed their sell-by date. Big time. There's research showing that roughly two-thirds of performance appraisals have either no effect - or a negative effect! - on employee performance.
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I was an English-literature major, and that's all about stories and narratives.
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I think I always just want to get better at whatever I'm doing... Always strive for excellence.
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Beauty is in the strangest places. A piece of garbage floating in the wind. And that beauty exists in America. It exists everywhere. You have to develop an eye for it and be able to see it.
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Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only of common sense.
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Corporations have enormous treasuries, and there are a lot of things they want from government, many of which clash with the public interest.
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The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality.
