Bernard Bailyn Quotes
That by 1774 the final crisis of the constitution, brought on by political and social corruption, had been reached was, to most informed colonists, evident.
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For decades in America, there has been an effort to ensure that the rights of those who are not sane are the same as the rights of those who are.
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You have to understand your own personal DNA. Don't do things because I do them or Steve Jobs or Mark Cuban tried it. You need to know your personal brand and stay true to it.
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The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do 'Criminal Minds' in the first place.
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The question for immigration reform is not if we'll get it done, it's when we'll get it done. It's going to get done.
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Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate myself from the other champions.
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After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able to coordinate quietly but effectively.
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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses.
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The concept is basically; that the pieces we know and love are made up of scales, arpeggios, and the like.
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A heart makes a good home for the friend.
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Centenarians are still living near their children and feel loved and the expectation to love. Instead of being mere recipients of care, they are contributors to the lives of their families. They grow gardens to contribute vegetables, they continue to cook and clean.
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The independents who were our fiercest competitors all succumbed to the one-hit-makes-you-a-genius philosophy. It is a mistake to think you have the magic touch. Show business is roulette. If you start to play for stakes you can't afford, there's no way you can survive.
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If you want to go out and see a movie and sit in a dark room with strangers, it's not an experience you can replicate at home.
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Without a tutor to help me in the study of Marxism-Leninism, I was no more than a theorist and, of course, had total confidence in the Soviet Union.
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I play drums and guitar, I snowboard, I do martial arts and acrobatics. I go to the movies every Friday.
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It isn't a band. It's bigger than a band. It's a lifestyle.
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I'm pretty lucky to work on both 'CSI: NY' and 'Supernatural.' Not bad gigs!
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I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
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Just in general, staying healthy and active is important.
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A young man not yet, an elder man not at all.
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I can change a tire, but I couldn't change a fuse on the computer panel on my car.
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My parents encourage me to save, but I do buy the odd thing that I wouldn't tell them about.
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So give me a turbulent world as opposed to a quiet world and I'll take the turbulent one.
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What many of those who oppose the use of juries in civil trials seem to ignore is that the founders of our Nation considered the right of trial by jury in civil cases an important bulwark against tyranny and corruption, a safeguard too precious to be left to the whim of the sovereign, or, it might be added, to that of the judiciary.
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That by 1774 the final crisis of the constitution, brought on by political and social corruption, had been reached was, to most informed colonists, evident.
