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Quotes by American Authors
"Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself."
"I installed a skylight in my apartment... the people who live above me are furious!"
"Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals."
"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle."
"The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around."
"Are these things really better than the things I already have? Or am I just trained to be dissatisfied with what I have now?"
"I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith."
"There is no such thing as a bad beer. It's that some taste better than others."
"Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art."
"One of the jobs I had was cutting out the blood clots on a side of beef."
"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."
"You may be sorry that you spoke, sorry you stayed or went, sorry you won or lost, sorry so much was spent. But as you go through life, you'll find - you're never sorry you were kind."
"Nothing you wear is more important than your smile."
"Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business."
"I've always said I want a farmer, not a hunter. Hunters go for the kill and they move on. A farmer nurtures; he watches things grow."
"Some people will still find a way to create a fire with wet logs."
"The entire universe is working against me. I can't believe the entire universe could be that foolish!"
"When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object."
"Your life is not a countdown to your death, but a stepping stone for the lives that will live after you. Squander today, and you will find yourself useless tomorrow."
"Time is the scarcity, and it's the commodity we can't create any more of."
"I think the tiniest little thing can change the course of your day, which can change the course of your year, which can change who you are."
"I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job."
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
"No matter what, don't live a life where you're too scared to die for what you believe in. Always go at it with everything you've got, even if it doesn't seem to be enough."
"But I also think that it does create a lot of revenue, but to me it's a temporary revenue stream because it's an industry that, if suddenly gambling started in Massachusetts, then a lot of our patrons who would gamble in New Hampshire if we had it, would disappear."
"I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way."
"Now the master paid a number of visits to England and, as a Cambridge man, it is a source of pride that he taught there for a longer period than elsewhere in my country."
"Truthfully, I've never seen myself as being too thin. Sometimes I'll look at photos and be like, 'Oh, that's not a good look.' But generally speaking, I'm not too thin."
"I don't know that I'd necessarily want to see into the future. I don't want to know what's happening next."
"The journey has been incredible from its beginning."
"You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well."
"I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet."
"By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don't hesitate."
"All phenomena are real in some sense, unreal in some sense, meaningless in some sense, real and meaningless in some sense, unreal and meaningless in some sense, and real and unreal and meaningless in some sense."
"Dolly Parton... I love being around that woman! I worked really hard to keep up with her."
"I started performing at two or three on a tape recorder, one of those little flat recorders where you just push play and record."
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