Alexander Hamilton Quotes
When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom they have appointed to be the guardians of those interests, to withstand the temporary delusion, in order to give them time and opportunity for more cool and sedate reflection.
Quotes to Explore
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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I've been following what's happening in Colombia because it's the country of my childhood.
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Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.'
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.
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I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. I'd been raised by a family that always told me I could do anything I wanted.
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Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
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As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.
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I wasn't that hard. I wasn't that tough. I wasn't that funny – I looked like me.
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A man notices a woman's figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy.
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I'm more offended when someone's killed on television than when there's something that's sensuous or sexual. So what?
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Parents spend a lot of time talking over kids. My son went through a vocabulary burst as I was writing 'The Bear.' I thought, 'What if I just stopped and listened?'
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I think the mark of a good director is that they surround themselves with good people.
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I spend most of my days pacing around, muttering that I have no ideas, feeling like I'm walking a plank.
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Yes, many immigrants cherish the value of choice and opportunity and the value of education more than 7th or 8th generation Americans.
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Sometimes it's good to just sing and let the words come out. Whatever comes out is valid because it's what you were thinking.
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When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom they have appointed to be the guardians of those interests, to withstand the temporary delusion, in order to give them time and opportunity for more cool and sedate reflection.
