W. C. Fields Quotes
The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.
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Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.
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The use of slave women as day workers naturally broke up or made impossible the normal Negro home, and this and the slave code led to a development of which the South was really ashamed and which it often denied, and yet perfectly evident: the raising of slaves in the Border slave states for systematic sale on the commercialized cotton plantations.
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Actual Victorian mores and politics were a reaction to a specific series of historical events, technological and scientific developments, and ethical trends in which the commodification of people was de rigueur.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
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I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.
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I have crazy friends, so a lot of times when we're out, people recognize me on the street, but they will yell, 'This is Cameron Boyce!' and just run! They do that. Then I'm in the middle of the street with people looking at me.
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing.
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You've got to be all-in on this sport; you can't be one foot out the door.
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It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.
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As we continue to step up our investment in education, we must not sidestep our commitment to the principle of local control.
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Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
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I don't have a definition for depression. I'm productive, and that's not a sign of depression, right? And I don't have weeks where I don't leave my bed. It seems like depressed people have those.
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I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.
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Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
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I always wanted to be in the limelight, and I found I could get it by being on the stage. That was the beginning of everything for me.
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Decide where you are going and how you are to get there. Then make a start from where you now stand.
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I work hard at my job, and I guess hard work pays off.
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If he descended from heaven today the great warrior who beat the money-traders you would shout your "crucifige!" and nail him to the cross which he himself bore. But he mildly smiles upon your hate: "The truth will prevail, even if the bearer falls; the faith will live, for I give my life ... and stand tall at the cross for all warriors of the world.
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People who wish to be lost always get their way.
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The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.
