Annette Gordon-Reed Quotes
Laws are sometimes put on the books not for purposes of strict enforcement but as statements about the community’s values.Annette Gordon-Reed
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I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.
Salva Kiir Mayardit -
The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
Ed Koch -
I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
Illeana Douglas -
When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
Aaron Staton -
What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
Igor Stravinsky -
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
Abraham Lincoln
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
Carl Sagan -
Originally, we had a band known as Steely Dan. As we moved away from the band, we got whoever was appropriate for specific tunes. In a lot of cases, we gravitated toward jazz players who had more sophisticated harmonic concepts.
Walter Becker China Crisis -
It's really kind of a luxury for an actor to have the opportunity to show such different types of characters. I actually left 'Cowboys & Aliens' and went straight into 'The Change-Up.' It was kind of a funny change of pace.
Olivia Wilde -
Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it.
Fareed Zakaria -
I'm happy to be on a winning team. My individual success, that lasts for a short period of time. The success of being a part of the South, of Atlanta, which is now the hot bed of music, that's what's gonna last the longest. The fact that I contributed to planting our flag and moving music to my city, that's what I'm most proud of.
T.I. -
In the case of Marilyn and John Kennedy, I think they did affect change.
Sally Kirkland
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I used to give up writing like some people would give up smoking.
Octavia E. Butler -
Part 1, Ch. 2
Lucy Maud Montgomery -
But since he hadThe genuis to be loved, why let him haveThe justice to be honoured in his grave.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning -
Fathers, I do not practice. I’m not religious in life, but when I perform 'The Creation of the World' and when my soul is touched by the confrontation of 'Good and Evil', then God enters in me.
Marcel Marceau -
We are doing everything we can to protect the food supply. And I can tell you that we're making decisions based upon sound science and good public policy, given the circumstances that we are now in.
Ann Veneman -
I think in friendship, you want to be there for your friend, and sometimes you just don't know what to do or the relationship you have with them is not clear enough for you to know what to do.
Marion Cotillard
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'Black Hawk Down' has such distinctive visual aplomb that its jingoism starts to feel like part of its atmosphere.
Elvis Mitchell -
The first thing about Houston is it's an organization run from a different perspective. In Cincy, the team lives off money it earns from football. Houston's owner has other business interests, and he controls the money.
Johnathan Joseph -
Second Law of Committo-Dynamics: The less you enjoy serving on committees, the more likely you are to be pressed to do so.
Charles Issawi -
We should welcome applause whenever it comes.
Emanuel Ax -
I think all of us naturally want to be a part of a community... at home and at work.
Adam Neumann -
Laws are sometimes put on the books not for purposes of strict enforcement but as statements about the community’s values.
Annette Gordon-Reed