Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quotes
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The men who founded and governed Massachusetts and Connecticut took themselves so seriously that they kept track of everything they did for the benefit of posterity and hoarded their papers so carefully that the whole history of the United States, recounted mainly by their descendants, has often appeared to be the history of New England writ large.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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I come from a wonderful country with wonderful people.
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This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands.
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The most important movement in the world is the feminist movement. If we can really figure out what's going on between men and women, the other problems will take care of themselves. I'm sure of it.
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In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
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When my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste.
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Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith.
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Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
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It's not that we poor men are so powerful to be able to banish the devil. It's that God gives us the power.
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I'm not the hands-on guy. I like writing the check, and I turn it over to the guys that make it happen, much like the way I ran my business.
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It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass.
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We'll free every slave in every town and region. Can anybody get a bigger army than that?
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We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.
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I don't wanna be Courtney Love - I wanna be Kurt Cobain.
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If you're presented with choices that steer you toward your worst instincts, that's what you'll choose. If I'm presented with Snickers bars, I won't necessarily seek out kale.
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Lighting that torch in Atlanta didn't make me nervous. Standing up to the government - that made me nervous.
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Wake up early everyday so that while others are still dreaming, you can make your dreams come true.
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Earlier, I thought it would be better for an actress to marry a businessman or a person from other profession, as it offers more stability. But then I realised that if I marry someone who doesn't belong to the same industry , he wouldn't understand my erratic schedules and also the norms of the glamour industry.
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-true love is like religion, it hath its silence and its sanctity.
