George Washington Quotes
I am principled against selling negroes, as you would do cattle at a market.
George Washington
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The question I'm always asking myself is: are we masters or victims? Do we make history, or does history make us? Do we shape the world, or are we just shaped by it? The question of do we have agency in our lives or whether we are just passive victims of events is, I think, a great question, and one that I have always tried to ask.
Salman Rushdie
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You do have to overcome the child's thinking that this new woman, who is not their mother, is going to be in their lives.
Nancy O'Dell
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The long term sustainable growth in job creation comes from the private sector. It is important that the Obama administration partner with the private sector and come up with the best possible ideas for creating jobs.
Valerie Jarrett
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Snowden has been very sparing about discussing his early life or his personal life.
Barton Gellman
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Women are always told, 'You're not going to make it, its too difficult, you can't do that, don't enter this competition, you'll never win it,' - they need confidence in themselves and people around them to help them to get on.
Zaha Hadid
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I design all of the costumes for my movies, actually.
Xavier Dolan
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Perhaps we have failed as human beings. Perhaps we have embarrassed ourselves to the natural world. We have been rigorous and willful in all the wrong ways. But it doesn't have to be this way. Maybe you don't want to deal with (marching), the permanent marker and poster board. But try something else. Carry someone's groceries. Chat with the custodian in your office building. Donate blood. Live in Rwanda for a year. Write letters to the Department of Buildings. Learn to knit. It is only going to get better from here on out.
Sufjan Stevens
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Selling online is one channel, but it's not the only channel.
J. B. Pritzker
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When somebody says the best thing you can do is be tough, the best thing you can do is use your brute force, then we're selling ourselves short.
Benjamin Jealous
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Unlike mathematical theorems, scientific results can't be proved. They can only be tested again and again, until only a fool would not believe them. I cannot prove that electrons exist..........if you don't believe in them I have a high voltage cattle prod I'm willing to apply as an argument on their behalf. Electrons speak for themselves.
Seth Lloyd
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God really exists, I tell you like this:
It resides inside.
And anybody tell you different,
Just selling you religion,
Tryin' to keep your ass in line.
Killer Mike
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I am principled against selling negroes, as you would do cattle at a market.
George Washington
