John C. Calhoun Quotes

I know that there is a great diversity of opinion as to who, in fact, pays the duties on imports. I do not intend to discuss that point. We of the staple and exporting States have long settled the question for ourselves, almost unanimously, from sad experience.

John C. Calhoun

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I've written songs before, and I don't want to share them with anybody. It's really personal for me, that sort of creative outlet where you put your emotions to paper or put to song. I don't do it that much anymore, but to let someone in on that outlet and to have it susceptible to judgment is scary.

Jeremy Jordan

CreativeMeSongSomeoneYouWant

Music is my home.

Jennifer Hudson

HomeMusic

Diane Keaton, I've worked with her as a director, and I think she's a really intelligent woman. I like the fact that the things that make her feel beautiful are more than just her face; it's who she is, and I live by that same theory. There are things I want to achieve in my life intellectually that make me feel beautiful.

Andie MacDowell

LifeLiveBeautifulWomanMeFace

I haven't tweeted once in my life, but I'm sick of hearing about it already. What once may have been the cool way of letting a hundred people know that you're about to go mow your lawn now has the feel of a used-to-be-fresh means of communicating. So yesterday, like two-way pagers. And AOL.

John Ridley

LifePeopleCoolSickMy LifeYou

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

Sophocles

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Science and fun cannot be separated.

Roger Penrose

ScienceFunCannotSeparated

I've seen every idea. Ideas are irrelevant. You are judged on execution, and the number 1 way to prove that you can execute is by executing.

Michael Seibel

IdeasYouExecutionProveWaySeen

All of us aspire to be powerful, and we all want to connect with others.

Deborah Tannen

PowerfulWantOthersConnectAspire

I'd heard of writers who say they hate to write. Not me. I love to do it.

Donald Hall

LoveHateMeSayWriteWho

I've always wanted to treat people the way I want to be treated.

Cole Swindell

PeopleTreatWantWayAlwaysWanted

The Strauss allowed me to be a writer. Without it, 'The Emperor's Children' would not exist. When I received the award, I was teaching, had one baby, and was pregnant with another. There was no time for writing.

Claire Messud

ChildrenTimeMeBabyWritingAward

The weird thing about this business - and I'm sure this operates in many other things, but it's very present and acute in this business - is that a lot of people don't realize that they have power. Particularly actors.

Lili Taylor

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