Amanda Foreman Quotes
For people like me, who have got their flags and wars mixed up, I think it should be pointed out that there may have been only one War of 1812, but there are four distinct versions of it - the American, the British, the Canadian, and the Native American.

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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Mamata Banerjee is just a casual worker, just like a commoner.
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You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.
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The dialysis is to wash my blood, to keep my kidneys functioning.
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You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours.
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In our state, I'm really proud of the fact that the ones who overturned Jim Crow in Kentucky were Republicans fighting against an entirely unified Democrat Party. So I am proud to be Republican. I can't imagine being anything else.
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Parents do bear some of the responsibility if they don't talk to their kids, are never around, even deny their kids the love that young girls often crave when they decide to have a baby.
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I believe Saudi Arabia is the only Muslim country in which churches are prohibited.
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Hegel is correct: we learn from history that we cannot learn from it.
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Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus.
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Postremo nemo aegrotus quidquam somniat tam infandum, quod non aliquis dicat philosophus.
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I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.
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My philosophy is to use the stones hurled at me to make a bridge for myself; I believe in proving my critics wrong through my work. I keep saying, the more muck you throw at me, the brighter will the BJP lotus bloom. That is the nature of the lotus, it rises out of keechhad (slush) to create exquisite beauty.
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Actually, I was having dinner with Michael (Stipe, of R.E.M.) when our second album went platinum, which up until that point was the highest success we'd ever had. And he turned to me during dinner and said, 'Welcome to the deep waters, kid.' I'll never forget that.
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There's no point daydreaming about what you want to play, because there might never be a script with that part in.
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To turn the radio on and hear so much more diversity, it's so refreshing. That voice that cuts through what you've been hearing, it's inspiring.
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To the Pilgrim Mothers, who not only had their full share of the hardships and privations of pioneer life but also had the Pilgrim Fathers to endure.
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You can't be a real man if you don't look out for your kids. They need you.
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For people like me, who have got their flags and wars mixed up, I think it should be pointed out that there may have been only one War of 1812, but there are four distinct versions of it - the American, the British, the Canadian, and the Native American.