Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
Jesse has a new dog. You may have noticed that his former pets have been peculiarly unfortunate. When this dog dies every employee in the White House will be at once discharged.
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I went from living in the Dominican Republic - every day, my mom and I would cook, or we'd go hang out with the kids - to flying a private jet to Chicago with Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid. People had champagne, and they were going to these amazing restaurants. It was a culture shock. It's important, I think, to have that. To see both sides.
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I feel like my story would've been different had I had a chance to play with Bron when I was 18. I've thought about it countless times.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.
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In our gliding experiments we had had a number of experiences in which we had landed upon one wing, but the crushing of the wing had absorbed the shock, so that we were not uneasy about the motor in case of a landing of that kind.
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The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born.
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Women view men like houses. They look for fixer-uppers.
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Mitt Romney subscribes to the cynical logic that says the American dream belongs to some of us but not all of us.
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You can be in the shape of your life, and then injury strikes. So you have to grab your opportunities.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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I like to read in the bathtub. Ideally, that bathtub would be located on a small Greek island.
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I think Mickey Gall's going to be really good.
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Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.
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People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.
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By four years of age, the average child in a family receiving public assistance has heard about 13 million words, compared to 45 million for a child from a wealthier family. The disadvantages developed during their first four years are usually still present in high school.
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I remember auditioning for record labels and having them tell me, 'Well, the country-radio demographic is the thirty-five-year-old female housewife. Give us a song that relates to the thirty-five-year-old female, and we'll talk.'
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Custom adapts itself to expediency.
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I love to run, and I actually run quite a bit.
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It is sad to see a young man's fondest hopes and dreams shattered when the rose-colured veil is plucked away and he sees the actions and feelings of men for what they are. But he still has the hope of replacing his old illusions with others, just as fleeting, but also just as sweet.
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Too many people are buying gifts for themselves when they pick out a gift for a friend.
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There is a segment of the American population that has been excluded from the national myth, and that should be redressed.
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Without an anti-environment, all environments are invisible. (p. 33)
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If you want to understand what is going on in the White House today, you have to begin with Barack Obama.
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Jesse has a new dog. You may have noticed that his former pets have been peculiarly unfortunate. When this dog dies every employee in the White House will be at once discharged.
