Eric Foner Quotes
The United States was not the only nation to experience emancipation in the nineteenth century. Neither plantation slavery nor abolition were unique to the United States. But Reconstruction was.Eric Foner
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I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works.
Gabrielle Zevin -
Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
Adam Lamberg -
Post traumatic stress disorder starts out with nightmares, flashbacks and actually reliving the event. And this happens over and over and over and over in your mind. If you let it go on, it can become chronic and become hard if not impossible to treat.
Dale Archer -
Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
Dale Evans -
I had a career that was very short, but it had a lot of thrills.
Gale Sayers -
I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am.
Walter Cronkite
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I am not maternal at all. I don't have any kids.
Octavia Spencer -
When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.
Gail Sheehy -
You should not do an autobiography if you want to tell the truth. There are a lot of things I know about people. If I can't say something good about a person, I don't want to say anything. And since I don't want to say anything bad, I won't write a book.
Abraham A. Ribicoff -
It is God who gives us the opportunity to win and to get victories.
Fedor Emelianenko -
Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children.
A. E. van Vogt -
My father raced bikes. He gave me the passion very early. I had my first bike when I was three or four years old.
Valentino Rossi
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If war comes upon us, it will come as a thief in the night.
Eamon de Valera -
I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.
Barack Obama -
In some ways, I feel like I've always dabbled in nostalgia. It's just what I do; it comes naturally.
Washed Out -
My first job was cutting grass. In Miami, this grass grows everywhere. You just get the lawn mower out, walk down the neighborhood, cut grass.
Barry Jenkins -
The spirit of the four hobbits in 'Lord of the Rings,' I suppose I miss that.
Ian Mckellen -
Brotherhood is an ideal better understood by example than precept! (Chapter 48 - 'At Encinitas In California')
Paramahansa Yogananda
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I don't wear jewelry, as a man.
Alan Tudyk -
Few things parallel the bonding that occurs post-performance when congratulatory remarks are awarded, regrets are confessed, and gossip is exchanged.
Kat Edmonson -
I really live a simple life and don't need very much to feel good and happy. Don't get me wrong; I believe you should get what you earn. Sometimes you have to fight for it.
Kevin Eubanks -
I've done a couple of series before, and what I like about TV is, as an actor, you get that chance to practice all the time, and that's really how you grow.
Meaghan Rath -
The details of the personal expenses that executives put on the company tab often are not known because loopholes in federal disclosure rules let publicly traded companies generally avoid disclosing the perks they give executives along with pay and stock options.
Alex Berenson -
The United States was not the only nation to experience emancipation in the nineteenth century. Neither plantation slavery nor abolition were unique to the United States. But Reconstruction was.
Eric Foner