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.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • People
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• I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.

  

  R. L. Stine
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• You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.

  

  Vernon Howard
  • Life
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• I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.

  

  Kat Edmonson
  • World
  • Want
  • I Can

• I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Want
  • Thought
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• Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • May
  • Society
  • Simple

• The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.

  

  Ed Markey
  • War
  • Terrorism
  • Engage

• 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.

  

  Sam Smith
  • World
  • Work
  • Trying

• 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.

  

  Garret Dillahunt
  • Good
  • Live
  • Job

• I'm not a villain, I've never hurt anyone. I'm just a tawdry character who explodes now and again.

  

  Oliver Reed
  • Character
  • Hurt
  • Villain

• 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.

  

  Orville Redenbacher
  • Air
  • Take
  • Sides

• I always have been an activist for things that were just authentically a part of my life, that I felt connected to.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Life
  • Always
  • My Life

• I realized there was racism because people thought, 'Oh, if you like roll 'n' roll, that makes you like a white kid.'

  

  Queen Latifah
  • People
  • Thought
  • Racism

• It's very hard for me to find any sort of shame or blame in my life. I'm not made that way.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Blame

• My career at Microsoft really was getting in the way of my cooking.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • Career
  • Way
  • Cooking

• Harvard has been almost as important to the American Jewish community as the pork-sausage industry.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Important
  • American
  • Community

• 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.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Up
  • Time
  • Why

• There are a few players who don't like to think about the game.

  

  Sachin Tendulkar
  • Think
  • Game
  • Like

• My parents called me the WB frog. Because when I was onstage, I would do this whole song and dance, but if my parents had a family friend over, I would just go hide in the bedroom.

  

  Brie Larson
  • Family
  • Song
  • Parents

• When we talk about women's struggle to balance their lives, certain men growl, 'If you can't stand the heat, get back to the kitchen.' Men who have never changed a nappy, mainly, and couldn't pick their child's teacher out in a police line-up.

  

  Allison Pearson
  • Up
  • Men
  • Women

• It's odd to think of yourself as an orphan at 55.

  

  Christopher Buckley

• It's taken me a long time to enjoy shopping. As a plus-size girl, you walk into a store, and it can sometimes be like a designer doesn't know you exist. It's become a fun treasure hunt.

  

  Mary Lambert
  • Time
  • Long
  • Fun

• I accept everything which is favorable for the people and the army; for myself, I wish to live in retirement.

  

  Toussaint Louverture
  • People
  • Army
  • Retirement