Townsend Harris Quotes

When the ambassadors of other foreign countries come to Japan to make treaties, they can be told that such and such a treaty has been made with the ambassador of the United States, and they will rest satisfied with this.

Townsend Harris

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 3, 1804 - February 25, 1878

Topics

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I played college basketball. When I first decided I was going to play football, there were a lot of people telling me that I wasn't going to make it.

Jimmy Graham

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When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper.

Andy Rooney

MeWantAskFreshGroundPepper

I believe in the American Dream, because I've lived it.

Ami Bera

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I'm not going to say, I'm an actor and I'm changing the world. Who cares?

Steve Guttenberg

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Every first draft sucks, so when you have your favorite novel, and you're like, 'Wow, this is a masterpiece,' and then you write your first draft, and you're like, 'This is really bad,' and then you're like 'I can't do this because this is nowhere close.' When, in reality, the book you loved so much started out just as crappy.

Tomi Adeyemi

BookRealityLovedYouBadFirst

I think that when humans get around to exploring and building cities and towns on Mars, it will be viewed as one of the great times of humanity, a time when people set foot on another world and had the freedom to make their own world.

Robert Zubrin

FreedomGreatTimePeopleWorld

I had to take false steps and go through hard times to come out to where I am now. I can't imagine living without acting. It's not easy, and I don't disrespect anyone who steps out of it after a certain point. Having a family and a house is cool. It's not a betrayal. But if you're going to be an actor, it has to be more than a passing interest.

Marylouise Burke

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I was thinking recently about the popularity of TV shows about people shopping for houses. I wonder if part of their appeal is the chance to vicariously imagine our lives playing out in a variety of spaces. We have a sense that the shape and style of our dwellings affects the shapes of the lives that unfold within them.

Mary Szybist

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Great fear is concealed under daring.

Lucan

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The PRI portrays itself as the force of the center, of stability.

Denise Dresser

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One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.

Clifton Fadiman

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I'm always full of ideas. I just haven't stopped doing what I did as a teenager. Now I just happen to get paid for it!

Brian Reitzell

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