Edmund Burke Quotes
In their nomination to office they will not appoint to the exercise of authority as to a pitiful job, but as to a holy function.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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You know, I endeavor to be more like my older brother. He's very magnetic. He's actually very much like 'Castle' in that people are attracted to him, and just want to be near him. You want to know where my brother is in a crowded room? He's the guy with the crowd around him.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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Jean Piaget observed that scarcely any question seems absurd to a child, but he was silent on the question of absurd answers from adults.
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I love lamb shank. It's my favorite thing. You don't have it in America. It's a younger meat - it just falls off the bone - it's kind of like a roast. I really like blackened cod too.
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Heard in full sound, the Gospels tell about the establishment of a theocracy, and portray what theocracy looks like with Jesus as king.
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Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on Earth. Because producing it consumes so much energy, a gallon of tar sands crude generates 17 percent more carbon pollution than conventional crude oil.
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I've come to feel that if I can't make something happen in under an hour and a half, it's not going to happen in a compelling way in a three-hour play.
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All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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I'm not playing a role. I'm being myself, whatever the hell that is.
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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We are a total of our sum parts, right? I came from a family of very strong women - black women. And if I go back as far as my great grandmothers, there was always that love and the ability to be nurturing. Then I grew up in a household where my father was the one who was more affectionate with me.
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I am a product of Indian cinema; I've grown up watching Indian films ever since I can remember. And song and dance is part of our lives; it's part of our culture; we wake up to songs, we sleep to lullabies, you know, we celebrate every religious and traditional function with music.
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What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.
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I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
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I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends. I had seen pictures of painters, sculptors, poets, wearing this style of tie.
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I started writing regularly for 'The Atlantic' roughly around the time that Barack Obama got inaugurated.
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I am convinced the prophets of doom have to be taken seriously.
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The old injunction 'Don't talk with your mouth full' is based on the presumption that, however multifunctional a mouth may be, it should only perform one job at a time. Humans have found a way around this limitation in the form of food writing.
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I want you to laugh and cry. That's what I do.
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TO be racing in Formula One with Mclaren has been the ultimate goal for me. It's a dream come true.
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In their nomination to office they will not appoint to the exercise of authority as to a pitiful job, but as to a holy function.
