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Own Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson
- Many have no happier moments than those that they pass in solitude, abandoned to their own imagination, which sometimes puts sceptres in their hands or…
- Nothing is more despicable than the old age of a passionate man. When the vigour of youth fails him, and his amusements pall with frequent…
- He that in the latter part of his life too strictly inquires what he has done, can very seldom receive from his own heart such…
- The American Indian, once proud and free, is torn now between White and tribal values; between the politics and language of the White man and…
- You have your own difficulties. We watch, with friendly confidence in your capacity to merge differences in the grand dream of Canadian design.
- No man should think that peace comes easily. Peace does not come by merely wanting it, or shouting for it, or marching down Main Street…
- This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies.
- I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second,…
- If you let a bully come in your front yard, he'll be on your porch the next day and the day after that he'll rape…
- Only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. One is to let her think she is having her own way, and the other…
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- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov