Bergen Evans Quotes
Speech is highly elliptical. It would scarcely be endurable otherwise. Ellipsis is indispensable to the writer or speaker who wants to be brief and pithy, but it can easily cause confusion and obscurity and must be used with skill.
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I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of deciding upon them as reason and principle shall dictate.
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If it's hard for Blue America to see Red America as anything other than a bunch of dumb, racist rednecks; it's hard for Red America to recognize that many minorities are legitimately worried about what a Trump presidency means for their family.
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The migration wave can be stopped.
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If you've got information about an opponent running against you, wouldn't you want that information - to vet it, to see if it's real information, and to use it accordingly?
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Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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I'm a bit of a fashion magpie.
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You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
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I believe that we live in a 'return to sender universe' - what you send out is exactly what you will get back.
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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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Since my residence at Tippecanoe, we have endeavored to level all distinctions, to destroy village chiefs, by whom all mischiefs are done. It is they who sell the land to the Americans.
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Take life slowly and deliberately, making sure to acknowledge the people who have helped you succeed along the way.
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Every child deserves to grow up knowing their potential and feeling confident that they won't fall at the first hurdle - that they cope with life's setbacks.
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Even though I hadn't read a word of it, I grew up hating 'Moby-Dick.'
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Totalitarianism is feudalism in the twelfth century sense of the word.
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There are no tricks to balancing work and family. It is a struggle all the time, and you just do your best. I think men are much better at compartmentalising.
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I normally don't listen to my instincts because I'm so full of doubt.
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I want to keep going till I drop.
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Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis.
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Speech is highly elliptical. It would scarcely be endurable otherwise. Ellipsis is indispensable to the writer or speaker who wants to be brief and pithy, but it can easily cause confusion and obscurity and must be used with skill.
