John C. Calhoun Quotes

There is no direct and immediate connection between the individual citizens of a state and the general government. The relation between them is through the state. The Union is a union of states as communities and not a union of individuals.

John C. Calhoun

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 18, 1782 - March 31, 1850

Topics

GovernmentConnectionIndividual

When you live in a country where your own language is considered foreign, you can feel a continuous sense of estrangement. You speak a secret, unknown language, lacking any correspondence to the environment. An absence that creates a distance within you.

Jhumpa Lahiri

LiveSpeakLanguageFeelYouSecret

One of the nice things about songwriting is you can be inspired by absolutely anything.

Jens Lekman

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The contribution of West African languages to Ebonics is absolutely infinitesimal. What it actually is is a very interesting hybrid of regional dialects of Great Britain that slaves in America were exposed to because they often worked alongside the indentured servants who spoke those dialects that we often learn about in school.

John McWhorter

GreatSchoolLearnInterestingWest

I'm drawn to the path of least resistance.

Jeff Bridges

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I find it difficult to believe that Redditors don't understand that anonymity online is merely a facade; indeed, it's probably one of the reasons that revealing the identity of pseudonymous Redditors is looked on as such a huge betrayal.

John Scalzi

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Larry Brown had quite a resume.

Stan Van Gundy

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DC and Monster have always supported my vision for street skateboarding, from building skate plazas throughout the world to now creating the first-ever professional skateboarding league.

Rob Dyrdek

VisionWorldBuildingProfessional

Why would I spend $5 billion for something in order to wreck it?

Rupert Murdoch

WhyOrderSomethingWouldBillion

I don't love being an actor, but I'm not qualified to be anything else. I was an auto mechanic and drove a tow truck and tried to go to school to be a paramedic.

Michael Madsen

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I'm unique for a suspense author in that I don't have a specialty background. A lot of suspense writers used to be lawyers or crime beat reporters. I didn't even know a cop when I started out. I finally figured out that I could visit prisons - I just had to be willing to make the phone calls.

Lisa Gardner

LawyersUniquePhoneKnowCrimeOut

I really truly believe I found my identity with country music.

Diana DeGarmo

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We should all be able to live as human beings - and to be recognized as such by the societies we live in.

Chelsea Manning

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