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It is a [disputed] question, whether the circulation of paper, rather than of specie [gold and silver coin], is a good or an evil I… — Thomas Jefferson
I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, where it is found necessary, than to assume it by a construction which would… — Thomas Jefferson
Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. ... With hearts fortified ... we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare that... we will,… — Thomas Jefferson
The Constitution is said to have beautiful features; but when I come to examine these features, Sir, they appear to me horribly frightful. Among other… — Patrick Henry
As to the Christian system of faith, it appears to me as a species of Atheism â€” a sort of religious denial of God. It… — Thomas Paine
I try to photograph people's spirits and thoughts. As to the soul-taking by the photographer, I don't feel I take away, but rather that the… — Yousuf Karsh
When the magic hour arrives, my thoughts center on light rather than on the landscape. I search for perfect light, then hunt for something earthbound… — Galen Rowell
I'd rather die standing than live on my knees. — Shania Twain
I'd rather clean my toilet than go to a show-business party. — Shania Twain
What really happens is that the story-maker proves a successful 'sub-creator'. He makes a Secondary World which your mind can enter. Inside it, what he… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Remember: Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations. Plot is… — Ray Bradbury
It is indeed immensely picturesque. I can fancy sitting all a summer's day watching its shadows shorten and lengthen again, and drawing a delicious contrast… — Henry James
The American Dream that has lured tens of millions of all nations to our shores in the past century has not been a dream of… — James Truslow Adams
The man who said 'I'd rather be lucky than good' saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how great a part of life… — Woody Allen
I made an important decision, which was to pursue happiness. Rather than accept unhappiness. That's why I'm here, and it's great. I'm in a very… — Laura Marling
It is very certain that [the commerce clause] grew out of the abuse of the power by the importing States in taxing the non-importing, and… — James Madison
Most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor. — John Dickinson
If I were hungry and friendless today, I would rather take my chances with a saloon-keeper than with the average preacher. — Eugene V. Debs
Cultivate simplicity or rather should I say banish elaborateness, for simplicity springs spontaneous from the heart. — Charles Lamb
Life is so much more rewarding if you strive for something, rather than take what's given to you on a plate. — Amy Winehouse

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