"You have overburdened your argument with ostentatious erudition."……" — David McCullough
"You have overburdened your argument with ostentatious erudition." Spoken by Abigail Adams"
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96 Quotes by David McCullough
David McCullough has 96 quotes on this site.
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There is only one person who can measure your success. That person is you.
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Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.
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Washington had performed his role to perfection. It was no enough that a leader look the part; by Washington's rules,…
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In fact, it was the largest expeditionary force of the 18th century. The largest, most powerful force ever set forth…
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The first of all qualities of a general is courage.
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Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair.
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The preparations were elaborate and mammoth in scale, and Washington threw himself into the effort, demanding that not an hour…
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They must be cool but determined...he threatened instant death to any man who showed cowardice.
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To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
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...Had proven himself a leader of remarkable ability, a man not only of enterprising ideas, but with the staying power…
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We must not think of learning as only what happens in schools. It is an extended part of life. The…
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Freedom is found through the portals of our nation's libraries.
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More Abigail Quotes
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one of 27 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I don't really like to talk about other people. I think people who have things going on in their lives,…
— Abigail Breslin
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I like all kinds of music. I listen to Abigail Washburn, the Punch Brothers, and Marc Johnson, the great clawhammer…
— Steve Martin
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Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will…
— Arthur Miller
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When a friend of Abigail and John Adams was killed at Bunker Hill, Abigail's response was to write a letter…
— David McCullough
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Miss Abigail, I want to be an author because writers know when a person is lonely. I mean, when Molly…
— Leon Uris
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Okay, I thought. Here you are. You are here. And you move forward because that's the way it works; that's…
— Jennifer Weiner
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All right." He straightened up and seemed to be true to his promise to let it go. "I will be…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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All right, everyone. Fess up. Who just shat in their pants? C'mon. Admit it." He raised his hand. I know…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Jess:"Sasha? I need some tissue to pack my nose with." Sasha:"Is that hygienically sound?" Jess:"Sasha..." Sasha:"Fine, but if you get…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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What are you people talking about?” – Abigail “Nothing important. Just the end of the world as we know it,…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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I’m not as good as a man as you are, Sundown. I find it hard to give an enemy my…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Jess! Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Are you all right? Are you alive? Did I hurt…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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