Robert Dale Owen Quotes

Can you look forward to the future of our country and imagine any state of things in which, with slavery still existing, we should be assured of permanent peace? I cannot.

Robert Dale Owen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: November 7, 1801 - June 24, 1877

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One of the lessons of leadership worth emphasizing is that you want to get to know other great leaders and take their advice. At some point in your development, it's only people who've been in the seat of having to be leaders who can help you in a deep way.

Jim Yong Kim

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Hippies? Why, I'm the original.

Jerry Lee Lewis

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The most profound things are inexpressible.

Jenny Holzer

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Everything TSA does is reactionary - first they ban the box cutters, then of course you have to take your shoes off, then you have to take the liquids out, now we have to be patted down in our private areas because of the diaper bomber.

John Mica

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And they've got to be held accountable; our broadcasting system has to be made accountable; and unless it is, it's going to be very hard to change anything else for the better in this country.

Robert McChesney

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My very, very first moment on set on 'Lord of the Rings' in 2000 was me in a lycra suit, six and a half thousand feet up on a mountain in New Zealand, standing in front of 250 crew who were all wondering what I was doing - myself included.

Andy Serkis

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Canada is in budgetary deficit now only because of the recession, only because of stimulus measures, and we will come out of it. We will go back into surplus position when the economy recovers. So there is no need in Canada to raise taxes.

Stephen Harper

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We see the people that have got stars in their eyes, but if you've really got what it takes, you can get from, say the beginnings, to the top in about five years.

Trisha Goddard

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I think humans have always felt watched back by whatever is out there flickering in the distance. What excites me is what the imagination creates, not simply in explanation of what is there but also to explain or justify the feeling of awe and attachment that the heavens inspire.

Tracy K. Smith

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In some cities, McDonald's rules, but Seattle is ruled by teriyaki joints.

Tom Douglas

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I've never met a murderer as far as I know. I would hate to.

Ruth Rendell

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It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.

Moliere

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