Charles Carroll of Carrollton Quotes
Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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When I was growing up, I loved stories in which a girl sets out on a quest to rescue the prince instead of the other way around.
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The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.
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I walk around - people know who I am. I've got friends. I can make ends meet. I grew up around people who have been hustling from the start, so I think I've got a bright little future ahead of me - especially if I don't fight. Why would I want to go out there and fight with somebody, get my face punched and kicked. It's not my idea of a good time.
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Even as a 10-year-old, I remember trying to explain to my mother and stepfather how upset and frustrated a messy room made me. But they just couldn't grasp it. They wanted me to be playing with baseballs and frogs while I wanted to be scouring garage sales.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.
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I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.
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It is difficult. You've got a lot of things outside the field. But you need to learn and understand things you can do.
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A great number of the women are victims to falling of the womb and weakness in the spine; but these are necessary results of their laborious existence, and do not belong either to climate or constitution.
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I always gravitate towards characters that are so opposite of me.
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My parents did not discourage me but could not understand how I could make a living by art. Their idea of an artist was a person who was condemned to starvation.
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I'm more comfortable revealing myself than hiding behind metaphors. I respond to artists who reveal something of themselves.
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You know, Hollywood is a very interesting town - always has been, always will be.
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And I also thought that Richard Nixon was the greatest political education we have ever had, but it looks like we need to relearn them again.
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I have a rich, full, textured life.
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I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.
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As an American Jew who loves Israel, I cannot support John McCain. He cannot provide what Israel needs most - a respected, credible, morally strong America.
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If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.
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I watched John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers play it acoustically at their gig at the MEN Arena. I think I can safely say that, of the 19,000 people there, 18,950 didn’t know what it was—but I did, and it brought a tear to my eye, definitely. Monster bass line. A bass line that every bass player dreams of and I got it, so thank you.
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From regular, relative skydiving, I went on to freeflying. Freeflying is more the three-dimensional skydiving.
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The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
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I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.
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Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments.
