Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
You can violate the law. The banks may violate the law and be sustained in doing so. But the President of the United States cannot violate the law.
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I wrote for nearly six hours. When I stopped, the dark mood, as if by magic, had folded its cloak and gone away.
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Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.
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A feeling of alienation existed in India about life in Pakistan because most of what was known was negative. So, everyone used to believe things in our country are always bad, and we don't lead a happy life. But this has changed to some extent. After watching our dramas, people now know that we lead our lives similar to the way they live.
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Gee I don't know, I just want to get home.
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Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
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I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
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Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
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I don't have a definition for depression. I'm productive, and that's not a sign of depression, right? And I don't have weeks where I don't leave my bed. It seems like depressed people have those.
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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
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The physical ego serves as its own worst enemy when, by delusive material behavior, it eclipses its true nature as the ever blessed soul.
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It will be a difficult couple of days. It's difficult now and it will be difficult tomorrow.
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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
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A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.
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When I was writing my dissertation, I wrote about Freud and the process of sublimation, which is when you learn to stop breast-feeding, or stop going to the toilet whenever you want to. It's about learning to repress a desire for instant gratification.
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I just like a good story. I want the story to be good, and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That's not always possible, but that's what I want.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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You don't see many Jon Jones's.
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I never watch MTV. I don't have time to watch TV. And when I do, I'm watching the Discovery Channel. 'Deadliest Catch: Crab Fishing in Alaska,' that's my show.
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A painter may know what he does not want.
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I am confounded by the failure of this rule to meet either the spirit or letter of the law, ... It is clearly delinquent in protecting all Americans equally from the hazards of mercury.
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This is the law of benefits between men; the one ought to forget at once what was given, and the other ought never to forget what he has received.
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The greatly anticipated 2009 Masters was like going to a Broadway hit and finding out that the star, Sir Tiger Woods, was off that night, and his replacement was the cab driver who dropped you off at the theater.
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Sometimes, if I really just need to unwind and kind of watch something that isn't gonna stress me out or have drama in it, I watch 'Spongebob.'
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You can violate the law. The banks may violate the law and be sustained in doing so. But the President of the United States cannot violate the law.
