Toussaint Louverture (François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture) Quotes
I shall not remind you, Citizen-Directors, of all I have done for the triumph of liberty, the prosperity of St. Domingo, the glory of the French Republic; nor will I protest to you my attachment to our mother country, to my duties; my respect to the constitution, to the laws of the Republic, and my submission to the government.Toussaint Louverture
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From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue.
Salvatore Quasimodo -
Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
Kate Fleetwood -
I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
Lata Mangeshkar -
I loved Interpol when they came out, but I never wanted to be in Interpol.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave danger. And I mean grave danger. If I had let it go just a few more years I could have broken my hip or spine just picking up my granddaughter.
Sally Field -
A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And so when there's a little intonation problem, people are very forgiving of them because they heard how soulful they play.
Wendell Pierce
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I made a clean version of 'Enter the Ninja' that my mom can listen to.
Watkin Tudor Jones -
Each color lives by its mysterious life.
Wassily Kandinsky -
In life, I'm pretty low-key and quite non-descript.
Olivia Cooke -
Boy bands should be exploded from a great height. They're just pretty people singing music written by others.
Eddie Izzard -
Maurice would prance into a room, you know, and his presence was immediate.
Barry Gibb Bee Gees -
'Life Aquatic' was the first movie I did, and it's been an incredible adventure since then.
Waris Ahluwalia
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I think you have a moral responsibility when you've been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently.
Joanne Rowling -
No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.
Samuel Goldwyn -
Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.
C. S. Lewis -
The Turks would do anything with a captured screaming infidel body - make it chew its own penis, thrust the testicles up the anus, saw the noseless earless head off with slow delicacy.
Anthony Burgess -
I think it's awesome when a woman is in control of everything she's doing, especially in an industry like this where people think that doesn't happen often, but it really does - well, from my knowledge and how I manage my own project.
Charli XCX -
I have a great family and great friends, and I think that they'll keep me grounded.
Kelly Marie Tran
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I collect books, primarily first-edition 20th-century fiction.
John Larroquette -
All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.
Barney Ross -
We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.
Gary L. Francione -
I wasn't good enough to be a professional soccer player obviously but that was my first goal in life.
Sean Durkin -
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Albert Einstein -
I shall not remind you, Citizen-Directors, of all I have done for the triumph of liberty, the prosperity of St. Domingo, the glory of the French Republic; nor will I protest to you my attachment to our mother country, to my duties; my respect to the constitution, to the laws of the Republic, and my submission to the government.
Toussaint Louverture