Lisa Murkowski Quotes
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 brought an end to the ugly Jim Crow period in American history.
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We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.
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There is no 20-year period in American history when stocks lost money.
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I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling.
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There is a machismo about an American male who is robust, athletic, able to build things, and he takes care of stuff. And it's a point of pride.
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Much of the conventional wisdom associated with Vietnam was highly inaccurate. Far from an inevitable result of the imperative to contain communism, the war was only made possible through lies and deceptions aimed at the American public, Congress, and members of Lyndon Johnson's own administration.
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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
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In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes.
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And I guess I have a face and a look that sort of lends itself to period costume!
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For fiction, I'm not particularly nationalistic. I'm not like the Hugo Chavez of Latin American letters, you know? I want people to read good work.
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Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of that reality.
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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
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Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.
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Think of Bitcoin as a bank account in the cloud, and it's completely decentralized: not the Swiss government, not the American government. It's all the participants in the network enforcing.
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'American Horror Story' is dark, so you shouldn't be expecting too much happiness.
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For the naysayers that claimed 'American Family' revealed us to be vacant, unloving, uncaring morons of the materialistic '70s, this image will be proven wrong when Mom and Dad remarry... Make no mistake. This is not to emphasize the sadness of my demise but rather emphasize the love of my family and friends.
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I've done loads of things people have never seen - dramas on BBC4 and plays upstairs at the Royal Court and the Bush - and because I didn't go to drama school, they gave me an education.
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From my intimate discussions with President Obama, it is evident that India figures significantly in American geo-political, economic and strategic thinking. India is the largest democracy in the world.
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Indeed, throughout much of history and in many cultures, redheads have been viewed with suspicion and fear - and even killed - because of their hair.
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I've been extremely fortunate in my life. So I actually believe that I'm the living embodiment of living the American dream.
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I wanted to play the piano, but my fingers weren't long enough, so I took up the guitar.
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I've always believed free will is a birthright. God even allows us to choose whether to be led by the divine order.
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I started writing songs when I started learning guitar.
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I couldn't believe when I first got a fan letter from Al Pacino, it was unreal.
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 brought an end to the ugly Jim Crow period in American history.
