Abigail Adams Quotes
Shall we be despised by foreign powers for hesitating so long at a word?
Abigail Adams
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I grew up in a village of 12 houses. We had a well and a cow.
Olesya Rulin
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You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
Samuel Goldwyn
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Whether people be of high or low birth, rich or poor, old or young, enlightened or confused, they are all alike in that they will one day die.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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In England especially, I've found that if you bring up King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at a dinner party or a social gathering, it's like throwing a Molotov cocktail into the room.
Madonna
Breakfast Club
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My English teachers gave me a copy of Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' when I left high school, which has always been very special to me - it was the novel that introduced me to dystopian fiction. I'm also influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, Dickens, John Wyndham and Middle English dream-visions.
Samantha Shannon
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The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
Orison Swett Marden
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I guess I'm weirder than I thought, particularly as I think about me as a dad.
Ben Falcone
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It's not how many tickets can we sell, it's where do we want to play, not where should we play to make the most money. We don't really care about that.
Jerry Only
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In legal practice, in the representation of clients, I have always felt deeply engaged, serene, and not all inclined to stand aside. I have always done whatever needed to be done, and have usually gotten my way.
Louis Begley
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Not so long ago, companies that borrowed lots of money were considered risky, appropriate only for daredevil stock pickers. Those with lots of cash on hand and few outstanding debts might be dull stocks, but they were at least safe bets for bondholders.
Charles Duhigg
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'Intelligent Design,' the relabeled, repackaged form of American creationism, has always had a problem. It just can't seem to produce any evidence.
Kenneth R. Miller
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Shall we be despised by foreign powers for hesitating so long at a word?
Abigail Adams