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The only time anyone`s admitted they were a Christian before was when they were busy telling me why they`re better than me.
Randy Milholland
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Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.
Lawana Blackwell
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If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it.
Lawana Blackwell
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I was a woman in a man`s world. I was a Democrat in a Republican administration. I was an intellectual in a world of bureaucrats. I talked differently. This may have made me a bit like an ink blot.
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Keywords: administration :: an :: bit :: blot :: bureaucrats :: democrat :: differently :: have :: in :: ink :: intellectual :: like :: made :: man :: may :: me :: of :: republican :: talked :: this :: was :: woman :: worldSubject: Politics QuotesSource: brainyquote.com -
I was a woman in a man`s world. I was a Democrat in a Republican administration. I was an intellectual in a world of bureaucrats. I talked differently. This may have made me a bit like an ink blot.
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Keywords: administration :: an :: bit :: blot :: bureaucrats :: democrat :: differently :: have :: in :: ink :: intellectual :: like :: made :: man :: may :: me :: of :: republican :: talked :: this :: was :: woman :: worldSubject: Politics QuotesSource: brainyquote.com -
I was a woman in a man`s world. I was a Democrat in a Republican administration. I was an intellectual in a world of bureaucrats. I talked differently. This may have made me a bit like an ink blot.
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Keywords: administration :: an :: bit :: blot :: bureaucrats :: democrat :: differently :: have :: in :: ink :: intellectual :: like :: made :: man :: may :: me :: of :: republican :: talked :: this :: was :: woman :: worldSubject: Politics QuotesSource: brainyquote.com -
It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
Zig Ziglar
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Dedication involves making the space to let young ideas take hold; every tree was once a seed and every company was once an idea.
Zephyr Bloch-Jorgensen
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Dedication involves making the space to let young ideas take hold; every tree was once a seed and every company was once an idea.
Zephyr Bloch-Jorgensen
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There was the South Ozone National Bank looking as though it had been waiting for me.
Willie Sutton
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We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn`t think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.
Dick Gregory
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We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn`t think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.
Dick Gregory
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We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn`t think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.
Dick Gregory
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For Catholics before Vatican II, the land of the free was pre-eminently the land of Sister Says-except, of course, for Sister, for whom it was the land of Father Says.
Wilfrid Sheed
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For Catholics before Vatican II, the land of the free was pre-eminently the land of Sister Says-except, of course, for Sister, for whom it was the land of Father Says.
Wilfrid Sheed
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Was it for this the clay grew tall?
Wilfred Owen
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The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was
Walt West
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It has been my misfortune to be engaged in more battles than any other general on the other side of the Atlantic; but there was never a time during my command when I would not have chosen some settlement by reason rather than the sword.
Ulysses S. Grant
Keywords: any :: atlantic :: battles :: be :: been :: but :: by :: chosen :: command :: during :: engaged :: general :: has :: have :: in :: it :: misfortune :: more :: my :: never :: not :: of :: on :: other :: rather :: reason :: settlement :: side :: some :: sword :: than :: the :: there :: time :: to :: was :: when :: wouldSubject: Conflict Quotes :: Misfortune QuotesSource: thinkexist.com -
Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.
Ulysses S. Grant
Keywords: accomplished :: always :: anything :: anywhere :: back :: been :: do :: everyone :: go :: has :: his :: intended :: mine :: never :: of :: one :: or :: started :: stop :: superstitions :: the :: thing :: to :: turn :: until :: was :: whenSubject: Superstition QuotesSource: thinkexist.com -
If you aren`t playing well, the game isn`t as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid.
Thomas J. Watson
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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong
Thomas Carlyle
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[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity to the mother church; our constitution treason to our fatherland.
Theodore Parker
Keywords: america :: attained :: before :: blood :: born :: church :: constitution :: creeds :: fatherland :: history :: infidelity :: is :: mother :: nation :: our :: rebellious :: the :: to :: treason :: was :: we :: were :: wholeSubject: America and Americans Quotes :: Betrayal Quotes :: History Quotes :: Nations Quotes :: Patriotism Quotes :: Rebellion QuotesSource: thinkexist.com -
I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of course, is the message of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the world seemingly most indifferent. For this is still the time God chooses...
Taylor Caldwell
Keywords: all :: alone :: am :: and :: are :: at :: chooses :: christmas :: coldest :: course :: darkest :: for :: god :: indifferent :: is :: message :: most :: never :: night :: not :: of :: seemingly :: still :: that :: the :: this :: thought :: time :: was :: we :: when :: wind :: worldSubject: Christmas QuotesSource: thinkexist.com -
The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, "I was wrong".
Sydney J. Harris
Keywords: achievements :: acts :: and :: are :: but :: excluded :: feats :: for :: hardest :: hate :: in :: include :: intellectual :: love :: moral :: neither :: nor :: physical :: return :: say :: tasks :: the :: three :: to :: was :: world :: wrongSubject: Action Quotes :: Virtue QuotesSource: thinkexist.com -
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.
Susan B. Anthony
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The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land was alive to his loving touch, and he, its son, was brother to all creatures.
Stewart L. Udall
Keywords: alive :: all :: american :: and :: brother :: common :: creatures :: earth :: elemental :: ethic :: for :: giving :: he :: his :: is :: its :: land :: life :: loving :: most :: native :: of :: peoples :: primitive :: reverence :: shared :: son :: the :: this :: to :: touch :: trait :: wasSubject: Native Americans QuotesSource: thinkexist.com -
The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land was alive to his loving touch, and he, its son, was brother to all creatures.
Stewart L. Udall
Keywords: alive :: all :: american :: and :: brother :: common :: creatures :: earth :: elemental :: ethic :: for :: giving :: he :: his :: is :: its :: land :: life :: loving :: most :: native :: of :: peoples :: primitive :: reverence :: shared :: son :: the :: this :: to :: touch :: trait :: wasSubject: Native Americans QuotesSource: thinkexist.com -
Not to wax nostalgic about the 1970’s, but back then people got upset when they saw injustice. They got tired of seeing our air, land and water polluted. They were shocked when the Cuyahoga River in Ohio was polluted so badly it caught fire. And on one ...
Senator John Kerry
Keywords: 1970’s :: about :: air :: and :: back :: badly :: but :: caught :: cuyahoga :: fire :: got :: great :: in :: injustice :: it :: land :: nostalgic :: not :: of :: ohio :: on :: one :: our :: people :: polluted :: river :: saw :: seeing :: shocked :: so :: the :: then :: they :: tired :: to :: upset :: was :: water :: wax :: were :: whenSubject: Injustice Quotes :: The Seventies QuotesSource: thinkexist.com -
It would be hard to blame you for having trouble taking much of what is said in Washington seriously. You heard about the Medicare actuary who was forced to fudge the numbers and lie to Congress to keep his job. You heard the falsified numbers in Iraq on ...
Senator John Kerry
Keywords: about :: actuary :: and :: be :: blame :: congress :: ev :: falsified :: for :: forced :: fudge :: hard :: having :: heard :: his :: in :: iraq :: is :: it :: job :: keep :: lie :: medicare :: much :: numbers :: of :: on :: said :: seriously :: taking :: the :: to :: trouble :: was :: washington :: what :: who :: would :: youSubject: Congress Quotes :: Misleading Quotes :: Washington Quotes :: Weapons of Mass Destruction QuotesSource: thinkexist.com -
I saw how different life was on different sides of the same city. I saw the fear in the eyes of people who were not free. I saw the gratitude of people toward the United States for all that we had done. I felt goosebumps as I got off a military train and ...
Senator John Kerry
Keywords: all :: and :: as :: city :: different :: done :: eyes :: fear :: felt :: for :: free :: goosebumps :: got :: gratitude :: had :: heâ :: how :: in :: life :: military :: not :: of :: off :: on :: people :: same :: saw :: sides :: states :: that :: the :: toward :: train :: united :: was :: we :: were :: whoSubject: Gratitude Quotes :: United States QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
