George Washington Quotes
To rectify past blunders is impossible, but we might profit by the experience of them.
Quotes to Explore
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The whole of our national sport is not doing very well.
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I love Bridget Fonda.
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When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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Mr. Trump, like too much of the church, offers little more than an excuse to project complex problems onto simple villains. Yet the white working class needs neither more finger-pointing nor more fiery sermons.
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I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me.
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To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.
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See, justice is a joke in this country, and it stinks of its hypocricy.
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When I was a child, I was one of the kids who wore black all the time, and when the kids asked me why I wore black, I said things like, 'I'm mourning the death of modern society.' I mean, I was a riot.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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I used to be able to think. My brain's circuits were all connected, and I had spark, a quickness of mind that let me function well in the world.
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People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
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Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see.
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I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R&B - is the heart and soul of all popular music; and that we cannot afford to let this legacy slip into obscurity, I'm telling you.
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Legolas is fantastic to dress up in - of course he is - and I've had the best time playing him.
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You have to captivate and entertain if you want your message to get across.
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I know the difference between true love and the love of my fans.
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Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.
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If, in schools, we keep teaching that history is divided into American history and Chinese history and Russian history and Australian history, we're teaching kids that they are divided into tribes. And we're failing to teach them that we also, as human beings, share problems that we need to work together with.
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I was lucky enough to grow up in a home where I woke up Christmas morning and had toys. I know that's not the case with all people and I don't think kids should go without experiencing that sort of joy.
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'The Phantom of the Opera' is about love. It's as simple as that.
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I studied acting and there's certainly an element of performance. I think that the songs are in many ways written to be performed. I think about what it's going to be like to sing them on stage rather than what it's going to be like to have someone at home listening to them on a CD. I guess in that way there's a connection between my acting experience and the songwriting and the way the songs are written.
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It is certainly true that principles cannot be more securely founded than on experience and consciously clear thinking.
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To rectify past blunders is impossible, but we might profit by the experience of them.
