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Robert Green Ingersoll Quotes

Custom is a prison, locked and barred by those who long ago were dust, the keys of which are in the keeping of the dead.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: lawyer
Nationality: american
Birth: August 11, 1833 - July 21, 1899

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Prison Long Dead Dust Who Custom

I can do nothing with the enemy save observe him.

I Can Enemy Nothing Him Observe

I get a lot of fan mail from girls. It's interesting because it's not just the U.S. - you get things from people all over the world. They send these postage stamps and you're like, 'Where do you live?' It's crazy. I'll get letters from the troops, too.

Jenna Ushkowitz

Live People Crazy World Interesting

If there's a country, and it's dangerous, and we deploy a U.S. military man or woman, if there's only one there, and they never leave the capital, that is 'boots on the ground.' We do a disservice to the sacrifice of these people, particularly if they are killed, when we say there's no boots on the ground.

Woman Man Sacrifice People Boots

I've always been with God, even in my darkest hour. That is why I say I am alive. I mean, I should have died a number of times.

God I Am Alive Say Why Mean

The whole 'starting with stories, ending with novels' thing, it's probably too ingrained in the industry and the psyche to change it.

Stephen Graham Jones

Change Ending Starting Industry Too

When I'm good at something, I always try to be the best at it and claim that throne. Even in school, I never let anyone say anything to me; I would always be the smartest.

Good Best School Me Say Never

As treasury secretary, I don't see it as my role commenting on the dollar in short-term movements.

See Dollar Role Short-Term Treasury

Some of the people involved in ISIS are going to Iraq, and some of our young people are being radicalised through the Internet.

People Internet Young Young People

In my view, a political vision is not a grab-bag of discrete problems and solutions. It is the visionary anticipation of a direction.

Vision Problems Direction Political

There is no legislative change that can be made to make up for an economy that's not growing and not expanding.

Martin O'Malley

Change Growing Economy Legislative

I don't believe in creating exclusionary art.

Art Believe Creating

When I first moved to London, I used to pretend to be on the phone. I used to talk about stuff that was going on out loud. To my phone! I don't do that anymore!

Phone London Talk First Out Pretend

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