Thaddeus Stevens Quotes
I will be satisfied if my epitaph shall be written thus: 'Here lies one who never rose to any eminence, who only courted the low ambition to have it said that he striven to ameliorate the condition of the poor, the lowly, the downtrodden of every race and language and color.'Thaddeus Stevens
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Social revolutions are never simple.
Yair Lapid -
'Freaky Ali' is not a heavy film. It's a simple but inspiring film. It will inspire those who want to go from zero to hundred. People who have made an effort to achieve success from nothing will be able to connect to the character.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
You get to a place where you do your job, and then you dust your hands off and say, 'Okay, my job is done. Now, it's in the stars. We'll see what happens.' There's nothing I can do to affect it.
Sam Huntington -
I auditioned for 'The Office,' and I don't know if it was a role I could do, but I liked the character. You do one take, and you're reading with a person who's just sitting in a chair and not really... you're not playing off someone, which is what I like to do. I like to play around and find the moment.
Nathan Fielder -
Politics is not an exact science.
Otto von Bismarck -
My parents are so cool, so chill, super hip. They know what's up.
Becky G
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Books have always helped me make sense of things. With any life experience, you can find someone who has documented it in a poetic way.
Kate Beckinsale -
Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
Samantha Morton -
My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.
Irving Layton -
I was never a practicing Muslim. But I do consider myself a Muslim.
Iman -
An awful lot of Republicans, both in Washington and outside Washington, are resigned to leaving Obamacare in effect.
Ted Cruz -
I have carried the burden of my dad's image since day one. They never see me as just another guy trying to make his career in the film industry. I am always 'Megastar' Chiranjeevi's son first, and Ram Charan only later.
Ram Charan
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Art comes from a visceral need and is usually generated by something I have seen; writing comes from something that happens in my head and my heart.
E. L. Konigsburg -
Here's how I look at it: Life is full of challenges. Everybody has them. For some, it's health or family crises. I had a financial challenge.
Tamara Tunie -
It's good for the NHL to implement different things - the 3-on-3, money that'll go to players - to try to get us to play at a higher level.
Patrick Kane -
You know, grieve your wife, this is an impulsive thing and you have no idea the kind of trouble you're getting yourself into it. And of course he doesn't listen to me and he adopts this child.
Oliver Platt -
I've learned a lot of tricks from working with a lot of great producers over the years, and I think I should write a book about it!
Ace Frehley Kiss -
One of the things I did to make myself feel better is that I kicked up my running even more. I knew that I had to stay active, that I had to keep living as if my life was actually going to unfold naturally because when you stop, when you freeze, and you think about it, that's when the demons come and can drag you down.
Dan Hill
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I believe the term modulation denotes in music the uninterrupted shift from one key to another: I do not know the term for change of rhythm without change of measure.
Allen Tate -
If we could create the conditions that make racism difficult, or discourage it, then there would be less stress and less need for affirmative action programs. One of those conditions would be an economic policy that would create tight labor markets over long periods of time. Now does that mean that affirmative action is here only temporarily? I think the ultimate goal should be to remove it.
William Julius Wilson -
If there is such a thing as freedom, then there is no fate.
Imre Kertesz -
If you have assumed a character beyond your strength, you have both played a poor figure in that, and neglected one that is within your powers. (79).
Epictetus -
I will be satisfied if my epitaph shall be written thus: 'Here lies one who never rose to any eminence, who only courted the low ambition to have it said that he striven to ameliorate the condition of the poor, the lowly, the downtrodden of every race and language and color.'
Thaddeus Stevens