George Washington Quotes
To stand well in the estimation of one's country is a happiness that no rational creature can be insensible of.
Quotes to Explore
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I think all politicians lie.
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There isn't any amount of money that could tempt me to promote something that I didn't believe in.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
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In December 2004, I travelled on the road from Uzbekistan across the Oxus River on which the first Soviet convoys had rolled into Afghanistan 25 years before.
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Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.
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I've played in Boston and New York, and it doesn't matter if you're sick, aching - once you step on that field, you're a completely different animal.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And so when there's a little intonation problem, people are very forgiving of them because they heard how soulful they play.
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Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies.
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The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?
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When I was old enough to walk home alone from school, I loved seeing our house from a distance. It sat on the corner of South Muirfield Road and West 4th Street and had this proud, majestic look. But I rarely went through the front door. The back was more dramatic.
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Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.
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I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well.
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The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.
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No agency is better than its account executives.
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It is better to be at odds with the whole world than, being one, to be at odds with myself.
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I guess you only know your home when you come back to it.
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Working with Angela Bassett is by far the best. I've watched and admired her for years. I'm very intrigued by her work. She's so cool. I still call her 'Mom' when I see her.
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If you want to reap financial blessings, you have to sow financially.
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You have to make a conscious decision to change for your own well-being, and that of your family and your country.
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To stand well in the estimation of one's country is a happiness that no rational creature can be insensible of.
