John Adams Quotes

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

John Adams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: president
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 30, 1735 - July 4, 1826

Topics

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Everybody gets too drunk sometimes; and even if everybody didn't, I have gotten too drunk sometimes. I haven't hurt anybody. In Ireland we drink a lot. It's part of our culture. I like drinking. I don't think it's a bad thing.

Andrea Corr

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We can't do everything with a budget, but we can put the country on much sounder financial footing.

Jeff Sessions

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For much of the year, you're just trying to maintain your fitness. It's not often you get a lot of time to really concentrate on improving it.

Andy Murray

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I can't disguise myself with a wig and dark glasses - the wheelchair gives me away.

Stephen Hawking

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Because of how much movies cost, it's dangerous to be experimental on one film after the other. But we can experiment with television. We can do things that are fringe and bring ideas to the table that are offbeat and original.

Steven Spielberg

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I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.

Sidney Sheldon

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Every Iranian artist dreams of the black market. We don't care about making money.

Shirin Neshat

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People idealise their animals, and at the same time they patronisingly overlook a dog's natural life - biting fleas, burying bones, rolling in garbage, barking up an empty tree all night... But what do they do themselves? Bury stuff that will rot in secret and then dig it up and bury it again and rant and rave under empty trees!

Tove Jansson

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If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science can tell us about the kinds of natural phenomena that can occur.

Rudy Rucker

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I realized I could do music for the sake of music, not the other things that come with it. That was a major shift.

Mike Posner

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Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Valued companionships begin with a personal commitment to be an exemplary companion.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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