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- Let us candidly admit that there are shameful blemishes on the American past, of which the worst by far is rum. Nevertheless, we have improved…
- Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are not stupid enough…
- This is the violet hour, the hour of hush and wonder, when the affectations glow and valor is reborn, when the shadows deepen along the…
- The water of life was given to us to make us see for a while that we are more nearly men and women, more nearly…
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- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- If she didn't reply to any of your 20 texts, she probably doesn't have good cell service. Definitely don't stop texting her. — Nikhil Saluja
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Do you know how much you mean to me? Do you know that you are the first thing I think of when… — Superman
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- I find a lot of things kind of funny and I often say what's on my mind, and then get nine texts… — Kate Beckinsale
- The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial side; has… — Ralph Waldo Emerson