Edward Everett Quotes
I should be glad, if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion in two hours, as you did in two minutes.
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I had strong legs that would have made me a good sumo wrestler and I used that to my advantage, but my home runs were achieved by technique.
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What I remember most about high school are the memories I created with my friends.
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I worked from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. every night for a year to write the first 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' book.
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I've always, especially through old Hollywood musicals, loved just to watch tap dancing; I adore it. I think it's fantastic.
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Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
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Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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A lot of people are angry about the democratic abuses that have been committed by the Spanish government.
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Medicine, you have to take it. A vitamin is nice to have, but honestly, you can skip it.
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When I'm not a politician, I'll be dead.
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It doesn't make any sense... that's why I trust it!
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For me, there's nothing better than curling up in my favorite blanket on a cloudy or rainy day and just knit. Especially in front of the fireplace.
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My parents were in high school when I was born. My mom was 16, my dad was 17. They were kids, at the very beginning of coming into their own and finding themselves.
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I'd grown up doing children's theater there, and I always imagined myself being artistic director of a children's theater company.
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The consumption of petroleum should be conserved. We need to adopt some austerity measures. The people should cooperate with us.
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The Whole Wide World is the first movie I've ever produced.
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Knowledge is power. You can't begin a career, for that matter even a relationship, unless you know everything there is to know about it.
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Many a man may look respectable, and yet be able to hide at will behind a spiral staircase.
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Human beings suffer agonies, and their sad fates become legends; poets write verses about them and playwrights compose dramas, and the remembrance of past grief becomes a source of present pleasure - such is the strange alchemy of the spirit.
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I'm little. I'm pale. I'm not strong. But bad things are scared of me. I think it's because my dad was a preacher growing up, and I was raised in the Church of Christ.
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I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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Inflation is like toothpaste. Once it's out, you can hardly get it back in again.
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'Refudiate,' 'misunderestimate,' 'wee-wee'd up.' English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!'
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I should be glad, if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion in two hours, as you did in two minutes.
