Ambrose Burnside Quotes

The general commanding congratulates his troops on their brilliant and successful occupation of Roanoke Island. The courage and steadiness they have shown under fire is what he expected from them, and he accepts it as a token of future victory.

Ambrose Burnside

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 23, 1824 - September 13, 1881

Topics

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One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.

John Burroughs

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It's not normal that, when you close your eyes and listen to the news, too often the political back-and-forth in America sounds too much like it does in the kinds of countries that the State Department warns Americans not to travel to.

John F. Kerry

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I can't tell you why I keep getting asked to play gay characters, but I never really considered 'gay' as an adjective, as a playable thing. Maybe it's an element of the character, but it just describes a preference.

John Michael Higgins

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I go to gyms quite a bit, martial arts gyms, MMA gyms. I try to train with the best people, with who's who in the martial arts, just to keep myself sharp.

Michael Jai White

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If you're playing with the best, you just rise up to that level.

Tony Goldwyn

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Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.

Robert Frost

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I can't be left unsupervised.

Ronnie Wood

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People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

Rosa Parks

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There is no magic in all the world like that magic when you sell your first bit of writing.

Rosamunde Pilcher

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When I'm stopped in the street, people want to talk about 'The Two Ronnies' and the sketches we did.

Ronnie Corbett

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I know one thing - if I didn't have TV and theatre and radio, the world would be a much more boring place.

Rupert Penry-Jones

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Not even the most secular among us can fail to be uplifted by Christianity's architectural legacy - the great cathedrals. These immense and glorious buildings were erected in an era of constricted horizons, both in time and in space.

Martin Rees

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