Collis Potter Huntington Quotes
I once drove a pair of horses from New York to Vicksburg, and to this day I can almost map out that country as I saw it then, with its hills and valleys, villages and rivers. Yes, I naturally attribute something of my success in railroad building to the interest I take in such things.
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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I think if we go back and check our record, the Negro has proven beyond a doubt that we have been more than patient in seeking our rights as American citizens.
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I grew up with that completely fictive idea of motherhood, where the mother never strayed from the kitchen. All the women in my books are very afraid that if they do anything with their minds they won't be complete women. I don't think my daughters' generation has that feeling.
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The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
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I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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I condemn any form of terrorism and especially the terrorism that would affect my country and me.
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The long term sustainable growth in job creation comes from the private sector. It is important that the Obama administration partner with the private sector and come up with the best possible ideas for creating jobs.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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Unfortunately, anti-Darwinism keeps playing minor variations on the same negative themes and adds nothing to our understanding of life.
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When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.
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Let's just say the genes were there for me to excel athletically.
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Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.
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I'm a mother with two small children, so I don't take as much crap as I used to.
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I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well.
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I just think that all of us in this room should have a voice in how the USA is represented. And he don't allow us our voice, that's all I'm saying.
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I'm a horrible golfer.
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Unemployment determination in a modern economy was the main subject area of my research from the mid-1960s to the end of the 1970s and again from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.
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I taught high school students Spanish.
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I used to think that the causes of war were predominantly economic. I came to think that they were more psychological. I am now coming to think that they are decisively "personal," arising from the defects and ambitions of those who have the power to influence the currents of nations.
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Being happy is of the utmost importance. Success in anything is through happiness.
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Courts have long recognized the federal government's robust power to inspect people and goods entering the country. After all, the very foundation of national sovereignty is a nation's ability to protect its borders.
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Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.
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I once drove a pair of horses from New York to Vicksburg, and to this day I can almost map out that country as I saw it then, with its hills and valleys, villages and rivers. Yes, I naturally attribute something of my success in railroad building to the interest I take in such things.
