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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Sales don't always have anything to do with good or brilliant or original. Sales are about appeal.
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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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Hopefully, there's a place in music for Tinted Windows. If we're really trying to be iconic, we should just stop right now. If one of us could die, that would also help. But I don't think anybody wants that gig.
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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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We are doubly willing to jump into the water after some one who has fallen in, if there are people present who have not the courage to do so.
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I'm not trying to sound like I turned into some kind of wise man, but it's nice to realize that your little pocket of the world isn't the whole world.
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My father and mother split and I never saw my father until I was 20, nor did I see much more of my mother.
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Personally, I think I am much calmer under incredibly stressful situations, and I've learned to deal with pressure and nerves, which is key to being a performer of any caliber.
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I accept everything which is favorable for the people and the army; for myself, I wish to live in retirement.
