Toussaint Louverture (François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture) Quotes
I accept everything which is favorable for the people and the army; for myself, I wish to live in retirement.
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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee for the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media. Will not be chosen by the Washington establishment. Will not be chosen by the lobbyists. But will be chosen by the most incredible powerful force, where all sovereignty resides in our nation by we the people.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.
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I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.
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Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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Some artists get so comfortable now after even one or two albums and think, 'I'm the biggest artist in the world,' but it's like, yeah, you are for now, but you've gotta work so that you're remembered further, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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I'm not a villain, I've never hurt anyone. I'm just a tawdry character who explodes now and again.
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It was necessary to have an even depth of corn on the top compared to the sides, so the air would not take the easiest route and not evenly dry the stored corn.
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I always have been an activist for things that were just authentically a part of my life, that I felt connected to.
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I realized there was racism because people thought, 'Oh, if you like roll 'n' roll, that makes you like a white kid.'
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It's very hard for me to find any sort of shame or blame in my life. I'm not made that way.
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My career at Microsoft really was getting in the way of my cooking.
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Harvard has been almost as important to the American Jewish community as the pork-sausage industry.
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But she wears short skirts, I wear t-shirts.She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers,Dreaming 'bout the day when you wake up and findThat what you're lookin' for has been here the whole time.If you could see that I'm the one who understands you,Been here all along so why can't you see?You belong with me;You belong with me.
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When I first came out there was no such thing as Twitter or Facebook. And the blogs! Like, what is that?
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Much of the prejudice against Islam in the West stems from a lack of understanding of the true nature of Islam as a religion professed by 1.4 billion people in the world.
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Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.
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I ... express a wish that you may, in your generation, be fit to compare to a candle; that you may, like it, shine as lights to those about you; that, in all your actions, you may justify the beauty of the taper by making your deeds honourable and effectual in the discharge of your duty to your fellow-men.
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I accept everything which is favorable for the people and the army; for myself, I wish to live in retirement.
