Held Quotes

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After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be… — Roy Barnes
The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from the island, A.D. 420,- that is, about five hundred years. — Thomas Bulfinch
If I'm hip, we've got a problem in this country. I really shouldn't be held up as any model of hipness. If anything, I think… — Anderson Cooper
It's fun to branch out a bit. I feel like I've held a lot of tricks up my sleeve for a lot of years, and… — Jennifer Carpenter
Scott Brown may be the last Republican to win a statewide fight in Massachusetts for a very long time. He caught the machine flat-footed in… — Howie Carr
A widely held, but rarely articulated, belief in our society is that the ideal self is bold, alpha, gregarious. Introversion is viewed somewhere between disappointment… — Susan Cain
The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book. My old man used to flip out whenever I would… — Dimebag Darrell
I held apostolic succession fully, and the channels of grace to be there only. — John Nelson Darby
While writing 'Cold Mountain,' I held maps of two geographies, two worlds, in my mind as I wrote. One was an early map of North… — Charles Frazier
Some people think memoirs should be held to a perfect journalistic standard. Some people don't. Obviously I don't. My goal was never to create or… — James Frey
And I understand that, I testified in closed hearings over eight years because there are intelligence matters, there are sensitive matters that should not be… — Louis J. Freeh
When I was a boy, my parents were writers and they owned a bookstore, 'The Complete Traveler in New York,' so writing and books have… — Mike Greenberg
Unbeknownst to most American investors, significant portions of their public pension, mutual fund, life insurance and private portfolios are comprised of stocks of privately held… — Frank Gaffney
Part of my growing up was always trying to make my parents proud and always trying to keep them happy. I think part of what… — Jeff Garcia
F.D.R. had to deal with Southern segregationists - and outright racists - who held power in Congress, so he had to yield to that power… — Jeff Greenfield
I grew up around books. When I first held the book and it was a substantive, tangible thing, and I thought of all the work… — Paul Allen
The situation around Terri Schiavo was a deeply held conflict over what to do if someone isn't going to return to consciousness or competence. Who… — Ezekiel Emanuel
It must have been the summer of 1967, the Beatles were singing love is all you need. I held her hand as we walked through… — Robert Earl Keen
I am held by the creator of the world. I am opening, I am unbounded, I am luminous, I am powerful. — Kenny Loggins
Could you imagine the way I felt, I couldn't unfasten her safety belt. All the way home I held a grudge, for the safety belt… — Chuck Berry

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