Edmund Burke Quotes
The wise will determine from the gravity of the case; the irritable from sensibility to oppression; the high-minded from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands.
Quotes to Explore
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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I was really lucky to work at CBS news. I was blessed to be able to live my dream in many ways at CBS news.
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I kind of wanna be pro basketball, pro skateboarder.
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I got a telegraph from my mother who said that my step-father had had a heart attack, come home and earn a living. So I went back to England and the only thing I knew to earn any cash was through hairdressing.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.
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More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen and make sure that seniors have a prescription drug plan that works for them.
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Getting your writing criticized can be a lot like getting skinned, and you respond to it just as enthusiastically.
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With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.
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You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.
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I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.
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I love hiking in the hills not far from my house. I'm invested in my hikes. Sometimes kids go up there and spray-paint over the signs; I've found a biodegradable paint cleaner, and I'll scrub the signs so they're nice and clean.
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Ultimately, I hypothesize that technology will one day be able to recreate a realistic representation of us as a result of the plethora of content we're creating converging with other advances in machine learning, robotics and large-scale data mining.
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Patents have a place in medical science - for new inventions that advance the state of knowledge.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people.
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My mom wanted to be a country singer, too, so country was always being played. And my girlfriends and I used to go to concerts, like Brad Paisley, in middle school and high school.
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[H]e that thinks absolute power purifies men's blood, and corrects the baseness of human nature, need read the history of this, or any other age, to be convinced to the contrary.
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Science has heroes, but no gods. The great Names are not our superiors, or even our rivals, they are passed milestones on our road; and the most important milestone is the hero yet to come.
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If you like the system as it is, I’m not your guy… If you want a shot at changing it, join me.
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I am still against any kind of censorship. It's a subject in my life that has been very important.
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The wise will determine from the gravity of the case; the irritable from sensibility to oppression; the high-minded from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands.
