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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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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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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Look at Gwyneth Paltrow and my favourite, Kate Winslet. No one ever says, 'Oh, she's making a comeback.' To my mind, I just went on maternity leave and reported back to work.
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Aretha Franklin was as important to the civil-rights movement as Malcolm X and Medgar Evers. Artists can choose to take on the tremendous amount of responsibility we have, or choose to ignore it.
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Any guy hates Valentine's Day. Even if you're in love, you can't win on Valentine's Day. If you're married, you can't win on Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day is like the thing you want to avoid at all costs.
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I love my pets, and I'm a big animal lover. I also enjoy the nature and countryside.
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I know that the internet has helped a new world audience find me.
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Left Behind takes what to some people may be unbelievable predictions from the Bible and shows how they might play out. It makes the events of biblical prophecy understandable and thus believable.
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What do I think of L.A.? It's boring, with some amazing nuggets. Like there are some parts of it that are great, but by and large I think it's quite boring.
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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.
