Nicholas A. Basbanes Quotes
A strong and bitter book-sickness floods one's soul. How ignominious to be strapped to this ponderous mass of paper, print, and dead men's sentiments!

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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
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I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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Never in a million years would I think I'd play in a Super Bowl.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I have a fascination with Flight 93. My emotions are mixed: awe, gratitude, fear, heartache, pride - even, in some ways, guilt.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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When candidates have asked me for support before, they have asked for more than a check.
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That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids', is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent.
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When I was 11 I became a massive fan of The Monkees. We had a so-called 'band' of kids on my street and we'd go along to people's houses and mime to Monkees records.
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Rape is an outrage that cannot be tolerated in a civilized society. Yet feminism, which has waged a crusade for rape to be taken more seriously, has put young women in danger by hiding the truth about sex from them.
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To admit error and cut losses is rare among individuals, unknown among states.
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Woo ah, mercy mercy me.Ah things ain't what they used to be, no no.Where did all the blue skies go?
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Mr. Jefferson meant the white race.
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In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want-not only you, your whole family and all people like you.
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Manus haec inimica tyrannisEnse petit placidam sub libertate quietem.
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ESPN takes itself very seriously, but for some reason, I'm allowed to be the court jester.
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Earth hath no sorrows that earth cannot heal, or heaven cannot heal, for the earth as seen in the clean wilds of the mountains is about as divine as anything the heart of man can conceive!
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Atheism is rather in the lip, than in the heart of man.
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Until we realize that our money power is our sovereign power we cannot act as sovereigns
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I think our society puts too much pressure on romantic love, and that is why so many romances fail. Romance can't possibly carry all that we want it to.
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A strong and bitter book-sickness floods one's soul. How ignominious to be strapped to this ponderous mass of paper, print, and dead men's sentiments!