William Wilberforce Quotes
If . . . a principle of true Religion [i.e., true Christianity] should . . . gain ground, there is no estimating the effects on public morals, and the consequent influence on our political welfare.William Wilberforce
Quotes to Explore
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
Walter Scott -
Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
Karin Slaughter -
Why does it appear that interested readers so often attribute flaws to 'the press' rather than taking particular issue with particular reports?
Barton Gellman -
Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
Florence Ellinwood Allen -
Those guys were made for me and Muhammad because they come straight in and don't back up but you had to watch out for his punching power but if we could have neutralized that then we would have been fine.
Larry Holmes -
I don't listen to the radio too much, but usually I listen to Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley more than I do anybody!
Ralph Stanley
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
Walt Whitman -
I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
I think theatre at its best looks into the dark corners; clearly, my dark corners are full of doom.
Laura Wade -
I think tattoos are horrible. It's like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
Karl Lagerfeld -
To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
Samantha Morton -
Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.
Ramon Rodriguez
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I live with myself. I wake up with myself, I eat, and I take a dump with myself. I don't see anything special there. I do all the same things other human beings and creatures do. I don't see any need to be telling the data of the day of this particular human being by posting it on online. It's not interesting to me.
Damien Rice -
The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.
Ralph Ellison -
We all understand it's a privilege just to be playing in this league.
Calvin Johnson -
Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
Edsger Dijkstra -
I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.
Octavia E. Butler -
Starting at 11, I was a movie-theater popcorn girl, a babysitter, a sales clerk - in the Midwest, they start them early!
Kate Spade
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Schizophrenic language has in this sense an interesting resemblance to poetry.
Terry Eagleton -
Significant steps have been taken since 9-11 to protect out country here at home, but much remains to be done, Americans from across the political spectrum must come together to develop the next phase of our efforts to counter global terror.
Warren Rudman -
I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth.
Ram Dass -
A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not.
Dalton Trumbo -
The Erdogan government's first major step outside of the U.S. alliance was during the Bush Administration, when it wouldn't let Washington use Turkey as a launching ground for U.S. troops entering Iraq in 2003.
Elliott Abrams -
If . . . a principle of true Religion [i.e., true Christianity] should . . . gain ground, there is no estimating the effects on public morals, and the consequent influence on our political welfare.
William Wilberforce