Andrew Delbanco Quotes
The rebellion was over, the Union restored, and after more than two centuries there was no more slavery from which to run. The vast work of repairing its human devastation had barely begun.
Andrew Delbanco
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You need a core inside you-a core that directs everything you do. You confer with it for guidance. It is not negotiable.
Barbara Jordan
Oh, Night will not see thirty again, Yet soft her wing, Miranda; Pick up your glass and tell me, then - How old is Spring, Miranda?
Ogden Nash
Nothing had happened because nothing had changed. Yet the General was rubbish in the end.
Wallace Stevens
If you could see my legs when I take my boots off, you'd form some idea of what unrequited affection is.
Charles Dickens
I work very hard at relationships. I've done the thing of being home. I worked all day and came home and did all the stuff at home that a woman is supposed to do, the cooking and the entertaining. I'm a perfectionist, and, besides, I loved all those things.
Jacqueline Bisset
My style very much leans towards the masculine, but I think I am feminine in it - I like the feminine body in masculine shapes. The androgynous look suits me.
Charlotte Rampling
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.
Tacitus
Some of his neighbors found out what I was doing and offered him fatherly advice. It was dangerous to educate slaves, they warned. Education made blacks dissatisfied with slavery. It spoiled them for field work. The Methodist minister said it made them disobedient, made them want more than the Lord intended them to have.
Octavia E. Butler
My closet is organized by tops, pants, and outerwear, but not a lot of dresses. Gowns are in another room because I don't often dress formally, even though I design gowns. Like most designers, I have a uniform, and mine is a legging.
Vera Wang
I was terrified of taking the G.R.E.
Dana Goodyear
Barack Obama will never ignore our troops.
Tammy Duckworth
The rebellion was over, the Union restored, and after more than two centuries there was no more slavery from which to run. The vast work of repairing its human devastation had barely begun.
Andrew Delbanco