Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
In taking leave of this subject for the present I wish to renew the expression of my conviction that the existence of African slavery in Cuba is a principal cause of the lamentable condition of the island. I do not doubt that Congress shares with me the hope that it will soon be made to disappear, and that peace and prosperity may follow its abolition.
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You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.
Rachel Griffiths
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
Rabih Alameddine
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My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.
Naveen Jain
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I love the holidays on 'The Middle' because I feel like I'm getting that very traditional American holiday experience that I never had growing up.
Eden Sher
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'First Family' on the CW is about the president and his family living in the White House.
Yara Shahidi
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I don't like controversy.
Sammy Sosa
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It's no easy task to either make money online as a publisher or to advertise your product in a world where attention is so fleeting and divided.
Walt Mossberg
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
Natalie Dormer
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Fighters today are much bigger, stronger and quicker and not only that but referees, judges and doctors back then were very strict and if your head got busted up the fight would be stopped.
Larry Holmes
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If I went out in killer heels and full makeup, blow dry, the whole thing - anyone dressed up like that could be intimidating to men and women, really. It's so, look at me. Do you know what I mean? But I love women.
Rachel Weisz
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I hate being manipulated by song. Don't tell me what I should be feeling. I don't want cellos or violins to be telling me that I should be bawling right now.
Vera Farmiga
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The United States of America became the envy of the world because we welcomed the best and brightest minds from anywhere on the planet and gave them the opportunity to succeed.
Naveen Jain
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I admit that the direct model has done a lot for Dell. That's the only thing the company has ever really accomplished.
Eckhard Pfeiffer
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
Victoria Pendleton
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There's a molecule inside of you that is connected to everything - every person, every energy, every thing. You look for it, and when you find it, then you allow it to magnify and grow and be the dominating chemistry inside of you.
Forest Whitaker
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My favourite place to eat is my grandma's kitchen. She makes a mean crab cake.
Karlie Kloss
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Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
Salman Rushdie
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Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
Nadine Gordimer
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Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
Banana Yoshimoto
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While the details are still unfolding, this is clearly an act directed against innocent civilians. The perpetrators must be found and brought to justice. Canada condemns all acts of terrorism and is committed to working with Indonesia in the fight against international terrorism.
Pierre Pettigrew
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Now, what we are not talking about, what you're really coming to, is what compromises one makes so that the listener understands somewhat of what you're doing, what you're trying to express.
Leo Ornstein
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I was in banking because it was high-paying, intense, a real meritocracy, and the afterwork part was fun, but I found everything to do with banking so boring.
Mark Pincus
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The mind advances only when it has the patience to go in circles, in other words, to deepen.
Emil Cioran
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In taking leave of this subject for the present I wish to renew the expression of my conviction that the existence of African slavery in Cuba is a principal cause of the lamentable condition of the island. I do not doubt that Congress shares with me the hope that it will soon be made to disappear, and that peace and prosperity may follow its abolition.
Ulysses S. Grant