William Howard Taft Quotes
That we can come here today and in the presence of thousands and tens of thousands of the survivors of the gallant army of Northern Virginia and their descendants, establish such an enduring monument by their hospitable welcome and acclaim, is conclusive proof of the uniting of the sections, and a universal confession that all that was done was well done, that the battle had to be fought, that the sections had to be tried, but that in the end, the result has inured to the common benefit of all.

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I like Dolce & Gabbana's fragrance Light Blue - it's my everyday perfume.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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The road to democracy is rarely smooth, but for Egyptian women, it has been exceptionally bumpy.
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I do get approached occasionally, but not a ton. I'm unrecognizable because I'm coated in cat hair and sweat. And there's a sort of yeti quality to my presence... so I don't think that people can see the face.
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Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
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It's nice to get any awards, whether it's lifetime achievement or the Keith Richards award for being alive one more year.
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Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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A friend is someone who will allow me to be a really bad friend and not hold it against me.
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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An indictment of entitlements has to focus on the huge 'social wealth' that the welfare state creates at the stroke of the pen. Yet statistical tests of the effects of welfare spending on employment yield erratic results.
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It is still fashionable to believe that how you organize yourself religiously in this life may matter for eternity. Unless we can erode the prestige of that kind of thinking, we're not going to be able to undermine these divisions in our world.
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Over this August district work period, like many of my colleagues, I spent a lot of time with the men and women in uniform from my home State. The 196th Field Artillery Brigade just got back from a year in Afghanistan.
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The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
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Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.
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I ride my bike for transportation a great deal - occasionally I ride it for fun. But I also have a generator bike that's hooked up to my solar battery pack, so if I ride 15 minutes hard on my bike, that's enough energy to toast toast, or power my computer.
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Friends are really important, especially when you've had the successes that I've had. I've gone really far in my career, so they're the ones that keep you humble, keep your feet on the ground.
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I'm one year away from 70 and I've had a good run. I really believe I'm okay.
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Russia was a slave in Europe but would be a master in Asia.
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It's important to me if I'm having a good time than I feel like the work is better. The quality of it is better and my level of interest is higher.
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Education today does not impart to the students the capacity or grit to face the challenges of daily life. The educational field has become the playing ground of ignorance.
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Jesus continues to offer light, joy, and peace to today's generation.
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That we can come here today and in the presence of thousands and tens of thousands of the survivors of the gallant army of Northern Virginia and their descendants, establish such an enduring monument by their hospitable welcome and acclaim, is conclusive proof of the uniting of the sections, and a universal confession that all that was done was well done, that the battle had to be fought, that the sections had to be tried, but that in the end, the result has inured to the common benefit of all.