Elbridge Gerry Quotes
The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are the dupes of pretended patriots.Elbridge Gerry
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Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.
Jack Nicklaus -
Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs.
Nancy Pelosi -
They can sonically sound like me, but nobody's ever gonna be able to write songs like T-Pain. There's only one of those.
T-Pain -
Jesus Christ was a patriot! His country was the world. His laws were the eternal principles of liberty, and his followers, in every age, have been the chosen champions of freedom!
Orson F. Whitney -
And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I always feel I can do more and climb higher.
Oksana Baiul -
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.
Floyd Skloot
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You have to captivate and entertain if you want your message to get across.
Vince Staples -
I feel grateful for the Puerto Ricans who created this genre that has inspired me to have such a beautiful career. Reggaeton has allowed me to continue evolving and growing musically, and I have been able to make it mine as well.
Maluma -
The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I don't want them to not like me.
Kate Winslet -
It's a little difficult when something goes from being an utter obsession - a thing where your skill defines you as a person - to it just being a thing you occasionally do.
Damien Chazelle -
I tell jokes, and I have fun, but I tend to worry about everybody and everything throughout the entire world.
T. C. Boyle -
Before the gods and after, always, are the streams. Caves, stones, hills. Trees. The earth. The darkness of the earth.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Some people talk as if meeting the gaze of absolute goodness would be fun. They need to think again. They are still only playing with religion. Goodness is either the great safety or the great danger-according to the way you react to it.
C. S. Lewis -
Ask yourself what 'problem' you have right now, not next year, tomorrow, or five minutes from now. What is wrong with this moment?
Eckhart Tolle -
Hell is gone and heaven's here,there’s nothing left for you to fear.
Robbie Williams Take That -
I will be the answerAt the end of the line.I will be there for you,Why take the time?In the burning of uncertainty,I will be your solid ground.I will hold the balanceIf you can't look down.
Sarah McLachlan -
Like wars, forest fires and bad marriages, really stupid laws are much easier to begin than they are to end.
Matt Taibbi -
When all else fails, trust God.
David Robinson The Cars
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I have no intention of coaching Boca Juniors, and no-one from the club has approached me to do so.
Gabriel Batistuta -
I think at some point I am going to throw in the belt and decide to stick behind the camera.
Brody Jenner -
Very similar experience happened last year when we released this album, North. It was on Deutsche Grammophon, it was very, very honest. It was the most honest record I've ever written.
Elvis Costello -
We don't ask the actor playing James Bond what his sexual preference is. So I don't know what it is, really, with trying to out actors who portray gay characters on television. But it is some sort of fascination in society.
Jack Falahee -
We don't have education, we have inspiration; if I was educated I would be a damn fool.
Bob Marley -
The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are the dupes of pretended patriots.
Elbridge Gerry