Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes
If there ever are great revolutions there, they will be caused by the presence of the blacks upon American soil. That is to say, it will not be the equality of social conditions but rather their inequality which may give rise thereto.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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I always carry lip balm and lipstick. Lipstick is a very important beauty product because I find that lips are the most beautiful feature of anyone's face.
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The older I get, the more I realize the importance of maintaining an even temperament - not getting too emotional, focusing on the task at hand. You don't want to make a business deal based on your emotions.
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Between 1945 and 1965, the number of colonial people ruled by the British monarch plunged from 700 million to five million. In 1956, just three years after the coronation, the Suez canal crisis and Anthony Eden's humiliation ended all notions that Britain was a world superpower.
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I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill you if you pretend to like it.
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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
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Period drama is such a huge umbrella term: it seems to cover everything from Claudius to something from the 1920s.
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When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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I've probably said that in every feature I've been in. I've been repeatedly defined as the girlfriend or wife.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
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If you're offended, it's your problem.
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I'd like us to deliver a little message to all the men still out there who think it's the '50s, and coming home simply means watching television with a beer.
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The simpler the message, the broader the meaning, in many respects. I think about a song like Free's 'All Right Now,' which I'm often asked about. It's that sort of song.
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Failure is not a disgrace if you have sincerely done your best.
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I think when you have raw emotion in a song, it makes it great.
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Since we shall love each other, I shall be great and you shall be rich.
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If there ever are great revolutions there, they will be caused by the presence of the blacks upon American soil. That is to say, it will not be the equality of social conditions but rather their inequality which may give rise thereto.
