George Washington Quotes
They will avoid ... those Overgrown Military establishements which ... are ... particularly hostile to Republican liberty.
Quotes to Explore
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Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century.
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Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.
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When I lead essay workshops, I ask students to come up with at least five topics, which they'll narrow down to one. The winning idea should be the story the student is most excited to tell because it honestly reflects his or her best self.
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There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York. One was to have a pizza pie, one was to get a tattoo... and the other was to get a Yankees hat.
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The only theism worthy of our respect believes in God not because of the way the world is made but in spite of that. The only theism that is no less profound than the Buddha's atheism is that represented in the Bible by Job and Jeremiah.
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I'm lucky because I don't like being in the sun a whole lot, just because the repercussions for me - I feel it, I go very red.
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I never said half the things I said.
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Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wouldn't write about it so much.
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One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six.
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For the doubters out there, of course I was going to have help from Penguin's editorial team in telling my story, which I talked about from the beginning.
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I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about.
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I don't go out. I don't go to clubs. It's not my thing. I sit at home with my glass of wine and watch hours of reality TV. I have a million shows on my TiVo.
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I was raised on NBC television.
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When Matt LeBlanc had his show 'Joey', I strongly suggested to the producers that they should bring me on.
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In the history of the world, all five mass extinctions have been accompanied by massive climate change, so we are facing an incredibly serious threat. In fact, we are technically in the sixth mass extinction right now, and it is the first mass extinction being attributed to humans.
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This is a polarizing statement, as I have come to discover, but I am a Pats, Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins fan from birth until death.
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I was lucky to go to work every day for 50 years, to a job that I loved.
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I honestly don't even know how I got into acting. It happened so quickly because my mom and sister used to do commercials, and apparently when I was little I would unbuckle myself from the stroller and crash their auditions.
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Fasting reduces the power of self so that the Holy Spirit can do a more intense work within us.
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The way to defeat international terrorism is through international cooperation based on international law, clear intelligence, and a measured and appropriate military response.
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Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point.
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I grew up in such a melting pot. There's more ethnicities in Queens than there is in any place on the planet. So you grow up knowing things about other cultures.
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The number of kids affected by obesity has tripled since 1980, and this can be traced in large part to lack of exercise and a healthy diet.
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They will avoid ... those Overgrown Military establishements which ... are ... particularly hostile to Republican liberty.
