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Toussaint Louverture Quotes

Mastered by deadly passions, Rigaud has dug a gulf at your feet; he has laid snares which you could not avoid. He wished to have you as partisans in his revolt; and to succeed in his object, he has employed falsehood and seduction.

Toussaint Louverture

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: leader
Nationality: haitian
Birth: May 20, 1743 - April 7, 1803

Topics

Succeed Feet You Avoid Passions He

I think we all have a kind of dark side, and that's what keeps life - and characters - interesting. That's one of the things that I'm drawn to write about again and again, the secrets we keep and how they shape us.

Jennifer McMahon

Life Think Interesting Secrets Dark

Even in college I tended to get cast in the comedies more. It was what I liked doing.

Jenna Fischer

College Doing More Get Cast Even

When I finally went to Ireland, I had to go. It was 1993. My father was finally too old to travel alone, and he asked me to take him home. When an old man asks you to take him home, you have to do it.

John Patrick Shanley

Father Home Alone Travel Man Me

As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature.

John James Audubon

Nature Up Becoming Acquainted Grew

My mother is black, from Grenada, so my blackness was always there, but It wasn't until I started hanging with the upperclassmen black actors at my high school that I really got my roots in being a black American, which is a distinctly different identity and experience.

Amanda Seales

Mother Experience School Identity

I've always been a fan of space exploration, and I filled our entire office with space artifacts.

Steve Jurvetson

Space Exploration Office Always Been

In many ways, I'm incredibly lucky to have been born with my impairment and that it's visible. It means my path has been predictable.

Stella Young

Path Born Lucky Been Predictable

I would love having Winnie-the-Pooh stay here at the house. We could talk of food and what we were eating next. Maybe ponder that over a little morsel... and then take a little nap and dream of desserts.

Tony DiTerlizzi

Love Food Eating House Dream Nap

You can get a bit 'head in the clouds' - well, I do - and full of myself if I stick in front of the camera for too long. I forget there is hard work that needs to be done.

Tom Goodman-Hill

Work Hard Work Myself Clouds Camera

Ann Romney... looked to me like a corporate wife. The stories she told about struggles - eh! It's hard for me to believe. I mean, she's a very rich woman, and I know that, and America knows that.

Juan Williams

Wife Woman Me Believe Rich America

It takes a mighty good man to be better than no man at all.

Dixie Carter

Good Man Good Man Better Mighty

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

Dr. Seuss

Shoes Yourself Feet Direction Choose