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John Lewis Quotes

It was not enough to come and listen to a great sermon or message every Sunday morning and be confined to those four walls and those four corners. You had to get out and do something.

John Lewis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: american
Birth: February 21, 1940

Topics

Morning Great Walls Enough You Out

My sister and I are incredibly close, and we created together from childhood through the time we spent in Chicago at the Annoyance Theatre.

Jill Soloway

Time Together Childhood Sister Close

America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.

John Doolittle

Freedom Democracy World America

In the world of opinion writing, there's something called the 'to be sure' paragraph. A sort of rhetorical antibiotic, it seeks to defend against critics by injecting a tiny bit of counter-argument before moving on with the main point.

Meghan Daum

Moving On Moving Writing World Point

Nobody, not even the head coach, would do anything to a football unilaterally, such as adjust the amount of pressure in a ball, without the quarterback not knowing. It would have to be the quarterback's idea.

John Madden

Football Pressure Not Knowing Nobody

Really, I'm only alive out of curiosity. I'm very curious about where we're all marching.

John Hurt

Curious Curiosity Alive Out Where

Trump could teach Republicans in Washington a lot if only they stopped posturing long enough to watch carefully.

Tucker Carlson

Enough Long Washington Teach Watch

You know, the Democrats want to balance the budget by raising spending and raising taxes. The Soviet Union had a balanced budget.

Tom DeLay

Balance Budget You Know Want Taxes

If education, culture, the higher life were shining things to be worshiped from afar, he had still a means left whereby he could draw one step nearer to them.

Mary Antin

Life Education Culture Step Left He

I've been very lucky - I've worked consistently, and I haven't had to kiss a lot of people on stage.

Miriam Margolyes

Kiss People Lucky Stage Been Very

My first guitar was a Gretsch 6120, and I just loved listening to artists like Elvis, Chuck Berry and Stray Cats.

Drake Bell

Cats Listening Guitar Loved First

Artists make our lives livable and enjoyable.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Artists Make Our Enjoyable Our Lives

People are much more complicated in real life, but my characters are as subtle and nuanced as I can make them. But if you say my characters are too black and white, you've missed the point. Villains are meant to be black-hearted in popular novels. If you say I have a grey-hearted villain, then I've failed.

Ken Follett

Life Black And White People Villain