Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
The United States, knowing no distinction of her own citizens on account of religion or nationality, naturally believes in a civilization the world over which will secure the same universal laws.
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Terrorism should be seen in the light of the country's security and not from the narrow perspective of caste, creed and religion.
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I remember people saying: 'You look funny, your hair is so black, you have a flat nose,' but I didn't think of it being racism, and I still don't. But there was a sense of difference, of being an outsider.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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I was gladly cuffed, shackled, loaded into the caged bus and driven through the main gate of Bare Hill Correctional Facility for what I pray to God will be forever.
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My granddad was a hard worker, and my dad is, too. It was instilled in me as a kid. I never got pocket money; I had to earn it. I had two paper rounds before school, not just one. Wherever I worked, whether it was at football, in the pub, I'd do whatever was asked of me - and more.
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I don't think that when I'm acting I feel like I lose myself to it, but that sense of losing, that sense of discomfort, well, I guess maybe that comes a bit! It's about redefining what 'uncomfortable' means for you.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.
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We seem to think we have some control over this planet.
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You have to be a crazy guy and a little eccentric to be very successful.
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Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers.
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When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.
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I like to make people think a little bit.
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The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.
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If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
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The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.
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Everybody thinks that an important book has to be a big, long book.
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Documentary film without nuanced journalistic sourcing risks being sensational, tendentious or broad-brushed.
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I would like to help people have honest and constructive conversations about energy. We need to understand how much energy our modern lifestyles use, decide how much energy we would like to use in the future, and choose where we will get that energy from.
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Anybody who can write home for money can write for magazines.
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All you have to do is believe, baby, believe you're the best in the world and you'll get here.
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Marrakech in May is unseasonably tagine-hot.
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The United States, knowing no distinction of her own citizens on account of religion or nationality, naturally believes in a civilization the world over which will secure the same universal laws.
