Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
Whatever there is of greatness in the United States, or indeed in any other country, is due to labor. The laborer is the author of all greatness and wealth. Without labor there would be no government, no leading class, and nothing to preserve.
Quotes to Explore
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There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer.
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I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food.
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If you have more money than your lifestyle, then you can either do something stupid or smart. That's not much of a choice. That's like saying, 'You are on the roof. you can either take the elevator, or you can jump.' That's not a choice.
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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
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I try to stay focused.
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As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever.
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I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.
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Two days after returning from Montreal, I was training again, and I went on to win two more golds at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
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What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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When I was old enough to walk home alone from school, I loved seeing our house from a distance. It sat on the corner of South Muirfield Road and West 4th Street and had this proud, majestic look. But I rarely went through the front door. The back was more dramatic.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made. Because I would not want to blame anyone else but myself if anything goes wrong.
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I think I grew up with the idea that there was something comforting about preparing food.
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Journalism was being whittled away by a Wall Street theory that profits can be maximized by minimizing the product.
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Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.
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My faith informs everything I think and do. It's part of my value system. And to suggest that I can somehow separate and divorce that from the rest of me is not possible.
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The audience may not have felt it was right, and the author may have felt a little upset, but every part I've played I've twisted around in my mind until I've made it into something of my own. Looking back over it, I didn't deliberately sit down and plan like that, but it does read like it.
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Whatever there is of greatness in the United States, or indeed in any other country, is due to labor. The laborer is the author of all greatness and wealth. Without labor there would be no government, no leading class, and nothing to preserve.
