George Washington Quotes

Even the country's first president chafed at the limits placed on him by the writers of the U.S. Constitution. From the nature of the Constitution, ... I must approve all the parts of a bill, or reject it in toto.

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• SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget.

  

  Gary Wolf
  • Time
  • Practice
  • Moment

• The Cold War did end in the victory of one side and in the defeat of the other. This reality cannot be denied, despite the understandable sensitivities that such a conclusion provokes among the tenderhearted in the West and some of the former leaders of the defeated side.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • War
  • Reality
  • End

• Everything I do is for my parents, None of this matters without them. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't be here... If it wasn't for them, if it wasn't for the structure and the backbone that I have, I wouldn't be able to mess up and keep coming back and sit in front of you as a world champion.

  

  J. R. Smith
  • Up
  • World
  • Parents

• I couldn't pick just one defining breakthrough role. I like to think that they're all a part of me.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Think
  • Me
  • Like

• Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.

  

  Gabrielle Giffords
  • Health
  • Serious
  • Gun

• The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • You
  • Celebrity
  • Choose

• There's more to life than physical and material.

  

  Ziggy Marley
  • Life
  • More
  • Material

• He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete.

  

  Pat Cash
  • Time
  • Athlete
  • Just

• I've always sung in choirs and acapella groups, but when I was in college, I finally started writing songs and playing with a band, and that ignited a desire to do it full time and pour everything I had into it.

  

  Rachel Platten
  • Time
  • Writing
  • College

• Whoever comes to me finds me a mirror to whatever is in his heart. Thus, I try to help him to see qualities in himself that he needs to overcome.

  

  Paramahansa Yogananda
  • Heart
  • Help
  • Mirror

• You gotta give everybody a new trend a new wave, something new to do.

  

  Quavo Migos
  • You
  • New
  • Wave

• The pressure on women to be thin is like a plague. I have gone through my life, like a lot of women, rating my experiences on the basis of, 'Was I thin at that time or fat?' And it doesn't seem to let up.

  

  Felicity Huffman
  • Life
  • Up
  • Time

• That's what I loved about show business, no two days were alike. It's an exciting life.

  

  Barbara Mandrell
  • Life
  • Business
  • Loved

• I was born in Clinton, Mississippi, which had 1,500-2,500 people when I was growing up - a village.

  

  Barry Hannah
  • People
  • Up
  • Growing

• I didn't aim at anything except good music.

  

  Waylon Jennings
  • Good
  • Music
  • Aim

• There were no museums or galleries in Shanghai, but I was very keen on art - I was always sketching and copying, and sometimes I think that my whole career as a writer has been the substitute work of an unfulfilled painter.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • Work
  • Art
  • Think

• Ummm, there is not just one good thing about being a VJ, it is a package deal. It is a fun job and you get paid to party and have a good time and make people have a good time, which is great.

  

  Nafisa Joseph
  • People
  • Time
  • Good

• I actually don't want a throne at all, because I don't view myself as a queen; I view myself as one of my fans.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Want
  • Myself
  • Queen

• As a matter of fact, there was a period of time, especially in my first career, when that's the only one who would work out with me: my dogs. As you get better and better working out, there's no one who can keep up with you running.

  

  George Foreman
  • Running
  • Dog
  • Firsts

• Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise.

  

  Arthur Erickson
  • Work
  • Today
  • Architecture

• I don't so much mind that newspapers are dying - it's watching them commit suicide that pisses me off.

  

  Molly Ivins
  • Mind
  • Funny
  • Dying

• When you change from being a part of the problem to being a part of the solution, allow somebody that.

  

  Karla Faye Tucker
  • Problem
  • Solutions
  • Somebody

• Even the country's first president chafed at the limits placed on him by the writers of the U.S. Constitution. From the nature of the Constitution, ... I must approve all the parts of a bill, or reject it in toto.

  

  George Washington
  • Country
  • President
  • Firsts