William Cobbett Quotes

If the people of Sheffield could only receive a tenth part of what their knives sell for by retail in America, Sheffield might pave its streets with silver.

William Cobbett

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• In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.

  

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• The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.

  

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• It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much.

  

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• When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.

  

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• Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.

  

  Feisal Abdul Rauf
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• I have three boys, so I live in a household full of testosterone.

  

  Sally Phillips
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• I've written everywhere - in hotel rooms, cafes, airports, and planes all around the world. Now I have a home office, and the wi-fi is really bad down there, which is great. If I make a date with myself to write from, say, 6 A.M. to 10 A.M. on a Saturday, the fact that no emails come in helps me focus.

  

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• Intelligence is sexy. Don't play dumb, especially young girls. Don't play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent.

  

  Iman
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• It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.

  

  Vernon A. Walters
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• When you're putting good stuff into your body, you feel so much better.

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
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• A war still rages over the legacy of the 1960s.

  

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• If the next thing I do is not necessarily filling the role of 'the future of journalism,' it'll probably be whatever is making me happiest, and that's enough for me.

  

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• The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.

  

  Ed Markey
  • Always
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  • Data

• It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.

  

  Gary Sinise
  • Dream
  • Always
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• I am getting to the point where the only love worth being in is the love worth singing about.

  

  Taylor Swift
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• Sometimes I still go round the house making weird noises and stuff, so in that aspect, I haven't grown up!

  

  Adam Peaty
  • Up
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• All the audience cares about is what you put up on the screen.

  

  Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.
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• There's so many good comedians in D.C. I started hanging out with those guys. Dave Chappelle was there. Actually, Dave was too young to be in the clubs, so when his mom couldn't make it, he would ask me to pretend I was his aunt, so he could do open mike.

  

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• There's a big, wonderful world out there for you. It belongs to you. It's exciting and stimulating and rewarding. Don't cheat yourselves out of this promise.

  

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• Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word.

  

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• I like to play with people who can play simple and are not threatened by other musicians thinking they can't play. And that eliminates 99 percent of the musicians.

  

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• Do not look down, brooding over your weakness! Do not look back upon your past, strewn with failure! Look up to the living Christ!

  

  F. B. Meyer
  • Up
  • Past
  • Failure

• If the people of Sheffield could only receive a tenth part of what their knives sell for by retail in America, Sheffield might pave its streets with silver.

  

  William Cobbett
  • People
  • America
  • Might