Decimius Magnus Ausonius Quotes
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I do not regret the part I have taken in a cause so just and interesting to mankind.
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When I was governor, I was looking for a way to unify our state. I realized music is about the only thing that unifies Tennessee.
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Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.
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Only 10 percent of the people in the U.S. like dry wines. You shouldn't get down on people just because they like a little sugar.
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We earned our dollars in a hard way;, nobody gave us a feast or gave it on a plate. We worked hard and we have innovated; we have made things in a better way at a cheaper rate and gave it to the people of India.
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You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through.
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My father was a headmaster in England and then the dean of a college in Australia. We moved there when I was about five, so my education was in Australia, and I always felt I was Australian even though my passport was British.
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I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.
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The most High approveth not the gifts of the wicked.
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No connection to the average voter - Clinton has an air of superiority. Despite her wide smile and pleasant appearance, she is envisioned as someone who is trying to hide something all the time.
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My relationship with everyone in Jamaica is good.
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There's so much to be afraid of.
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I've found that when everyone rallies behind a cause, and when they learn their effort can contribute something bigger, they get engaged.
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I've been trying to write a book since before I was old enough to vote, and I've collected many rejection slips from publishers and magazines. I used to keep them all stuck to my refrigerator, with magnets, but an ex-girlfriend told me they were depressing, and defeatist, and suggested I take them down. A very wise suggestion on her part.
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If you want to strengthen an enemy and make him exult - hate him.
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My future daughter is not going to go through what I did.
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Space is not just going up and coming back down again. Space is getting into orbit and being there, living there, establishing a presence, a permanence.
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Metaphorically I am made of chairs. It's a metaphor though. That means I am not actually made of the chairs.
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Nature has made us passive, and to suffer is our lot. While we are in the flesh every man has his chain and his clog; only it is looser and lighter to one man than to another, and he is more at ease who takes it up and carries it than he who drags it.
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Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
