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It may not be improper, however, to remark two consequences, evidently flowing from an extension of the federal power to every subject falling within the…
— James Madison
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THE Constitution proposed by the convention may be considered under two general points of view. The FIRST relates to the sum or quantity of power…
— James Madison
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My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director. ... (when asked who wrote 'Some Enchanted Evening') Rodgers and Hammerstein, if you can imagine…
— Cole Porter
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If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an…
— Duke Ellington
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It was my 16th birthday-my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just…
— Stevie Nicks
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The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the…
— Alexander Hamilton
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There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy, is an inseparable compound of the two, so that our…
— Abraham Lincoln
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A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's mind.
— Leonardo da Vinci
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I've found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang that has established itself in the language, and slang that you make…
— Raymond Chandler
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Gold has worked down from Alexander's time... When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe it can be so because of…
— Bernard Baruch
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There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, Is it good in itself? In the second, Can…
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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The struggle for world domination is between me and the Jews. All else is meaningless. The Jews have inflicted two wounds on the world: Circumcision…
— Adolf Hitler
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The instability of our laws is really an immense evil. I think it would be well to provide in our constitutions that there shall always…
— Thomas Jefferson
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[T]o preserve the republican form and principles of our Constitution and cleave to the salutary distribution of powers which that [the Constitution] has established .…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The top two ways to destroy success are greed and impatience
— Phil Harding
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People can tolerate two homosexuals they see leaving together, but the next day they're smiling, holding hands, tenderly embracing one another, then they cannot be…
— Michel Foucault
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...of two simple men I saw today on the pier in the midst of the crowd, parting the parting of dear friends, the one to…
— Walt Whitman
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Two things I'm trying to work on are openness and flexibility.
— Lili Taylor
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Throughout my career, I've always portrayed characters that were humorous, but also weren't afraid to speak their minds, especially when it came to racy or…
— Betty White
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The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or…
— Laozi
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