Charles Edward Merriam Quotes
It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions.
Quotes to Explore
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.
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I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about getting one.
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I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?
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I love diving into different skins, skins that make me feel deep emotions.
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But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan.
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There is a liberal fascism that is dedicated to going after believing Christians who follow the biblical teaching on marriage.
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I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.
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I thought I would spent my career doing Chekhov and Ibsen in regional theaters, so the fact that I started doing new plays was a whole new world I didn't expect, and that I would like to keep doing.
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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.
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It took me a long, long time to break the chains that's inside me.
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Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.
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Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.
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I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back.
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Banks are slowly but surely lending again, and never again will taxpayers foot the bill for Wall Street's excesses. In case we forgot, that was the change we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered.
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The Space Shuttle will stop directly below the Space Station and Sergei and I will be looking out two different windows looking straight down at the Space Shuttle.
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It's a very violent game, and bodies take a beating, so you want to make sure you do everything you can to get your body back. It's just something you have to do.
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In the late nineties, Katy Grannan began making haunting photographs of people who had extraordinary inner yens to be seen by strangers.
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I've been involved with 'Hamilton' for about two and a half years. I've learned so much. I came into it a young man. Now I've dropped the 'young.'
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It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions.
