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Quotes by American Authors

"This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways, and it is more different from standard English than any other dialect spoken in continental North America."

"This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways, and it is more different from standard English than any other dialect spoken in continental North America."

William Labov, American Writer

Language, African, America, English

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"Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what's in a name?"

"Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what's in a name?"

Helen Hunt Jackson, American Writer

Politics, Name, Passion

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"I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it."

"I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Empathy, Courage, Emotion, Humanity

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"Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce."

"Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce."

James A. Garfield, American President

Money, Commerce, Country

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"The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion."

"The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion."

Arnold H. Glasow, American Humorist

Fact, Facts, Opinion

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"The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again."

"The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again."

B. F. Skinner, American Psychologist

Act, Consequences

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"Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens."

"Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens."

John Marshall Harlan, American Judge

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"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer."

"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer."

Frank Zappa, American Musician

Beer, Country, Football, Weapons

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"It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company."

"It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company."

Bruce Springsteen, American Musician

Friendship, Friend, Company, Man, Skin

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"Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences."

"Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences."

Madeleine Albright, American Statesman

Diplomacy, Rights, Humanrights, Principles

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"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me."

"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me."

Jim Valvano, American Coach

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"I never say never, because I don't want to be one of those guys."

"I never say never, because I don't want to be one of those guys."

Bob Seger, American Musician

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"I'm a human being, I'm not a machine. I'm 72. I'm dyslexic."

"I'm a human being, I'm not a machine. I'm 72. I'm dyslexic."

Robert Blake, American Actor

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"Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing."

"Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing."

Peyton Manning, American Athlete

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"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get."

"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get."

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., American Author

Success, Happiness, Want

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"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow may be for us and it may not."

"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow may be for us and it may not."

Della Reese, American Musician

May, Tomorrow, Yesterday

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"The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude."

"The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude."

Jeff Miller, American Politician

Sacrifice, Gratitude, America, Country

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"It is never right to play ragtime fast."

"It is never right to play ragtime fast."

Scott Joplin, American Composer

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"I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living."

"I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living."

Harry Nilsson, American Musician

Men, Hope, Optimism, Despair

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"In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls."

"In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls."

Lenny Bruce, American Comedian

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"No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there's too much fraternizing with the enemy."

"No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there's too much fraternizing with the enemy."

Henry A. Kissinger, American Statesman

Battle, Enemy, Sexes, Will

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"A healthy degree of party unity among Democrats and Republicans has deteriorated into bitter partisan warfare."

"A healthy degree of party unity among Democrats and Republicans has deteriorated into bitter partisan warfare."

Thomas E. Mann, American Sociologist

Democracy, Democrats, Party, Republicans, Unity

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"Obstacles are just opportunities in disguise."

"Obstacles are just opportunities in disguise."

Marie Forleo, American Entrepreneur

Resilience, Challenges, Opportunities

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"Life begins at forty."

"Life begins at forty."

Walter B. Pitkin, American Author

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"If you kill enough of them, they stop fighting."

"If you kill enough of them, they stop fighting."

Curtis Lemay, American Soldier

Fight, Fighting

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"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live."

"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live."

Jim Rohn, American Businessman

Health, Body, Care

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"I believe in nothing, everything is sacred. I believe in everything, nothing is sacred."

"I believe in nothing, everything is sacred. I believe in everything, nothing is sacred."

Tom Robbins, American Author

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"Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life."

"Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life."

Billie Jean King, American Athlete

Life, Sports, Character, Play

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"Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you."

"Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Optimism, Shadows, Will

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"Jesse McCartney is one of the nicest people around. I hate when I hear bad things about him, because anyone who knows him would agree that he's a good guy and really humble."

"Jesse McCartney is one of the nicest people around. I hate when I hear bad things about him, because anyone who knows him would agree that he's a good guy and really humble."

Zac Efron, American Actor

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"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception."

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception."

Groucho Marx, American Comedian

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"A women needs to be a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom."

"A women needs to be a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom."

Jerry Hall, American Model

Woman, Women, Kitchen, Needs

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"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home."

"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home."

Twyla Tharp, American Dancer

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"The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason."

"The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason."

Hunter S. Thompson, American Journalist

Business, Men, Money, Heart

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"Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best."

"Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best."

Edward Abbey, American Author

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"You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact."

"You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact."

Jon Lovitz, American Actor

Funny, Character, Being

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"To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization."

"To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization."

Harriet Beecher Stowe, American Author

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"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Attitude, Music, Man

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"Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."

"Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Peace, Violence, Hate, Love, Darkness

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"I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that."

"I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that."

Dick Gregory, American Comedian

Home, Hate, School, Shame

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"Better to fight for something than live for nothing."

"Better to fight for something than live for nothing."

George S. Patton, American Soldier

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"War, in some instances, especially defensive, has been authorized by Heaven."

"War, in some instances, especially defensive, has been authorized by Heaven."

Ezra Stiles, American Clergyman

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"If I hadn't started painting, I would have raised chickens."

"If I hadn't started painting, I would have raised chickens."

Grandma Moses, American Artist

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"You will never win if you never begin."

"You will never win if you never begin."

Helen Rowland, American Writer

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"The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask."

"The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask."

Jim Morrison, American Musician

Ability, Freedom, Reality, Trade

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"Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it."

"Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it."

Madeleine L'Engle, American Novelist

Inspirational, Work, Inspiration

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"Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other."

"Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other."

William Tecumseh Sherman, American Soldier

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"Progress imposes not only new possibilities for the future but new restrictions."

"Progress imposes not only new possibilities for the future but new restrictions."

Norbert Wiener, American Mathematician

Progress, Future, Possibilities

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"We are glorious accidents of an unpredictable process with no drive to complexity, not the expected results of evolutionary principles that yearn to produce a creature capable of understanding the mode of its own necessary construction."

"We are glorious accidents of an unpredictable process with no drive to complexity, not the expected results of evolutionary principles that yearn to produce a creature capable of understanding the mode of its own necessary construction."

Stephen Jay Gould, American Scientist

Accident, Accidents, Complexity, Principles, Results

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"If it's important enough, you'll make the time."

"If it's important enough, you'll make the time."

Marie Forleo, American Entrepreneur

Productivity, Time Management, Priorities

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