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Robert Toombs Quotes

They enlarged the domains of commerce by treaties with all nations, upon the great principle of equal justice to all nations, and special favors to none.

Robert Toombs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: american
Birth: July 2, 1810 - December 15, 1885

Topics

Great Justice Special Equal Favors

When a story or part of a story comes to me, I turn it over in my mind a long time before starting to write. I might make notes or take long drives or who knows what. By the time I give myself permission to write, I know certain things, though not everything. I know where the story is headed, and I know certain crucial points along the way.

Steven Millhauser

Time Myself Mind Me Story Long

I think I always kind of wanted to be a musician but never dared to say it out loud because I never thought it was possible. I wanted to be a teacher, a lawyer, a doctor - I wanted to be a lot of other things growing up.

Sigrid

Teacher Growing Up Doctor Lawyer Say

Mandatory arbitration clauses I think, more often than not, work to the detriment of working people.

Tom Perez

Work People Think More Working Than

Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.

Robin S. Sharma

Work Leadership Passion Influence

Of course I have other passions and other interests, but soccer's always my priority.

Christen Press

Soccer Always Passions Course Other

The clarification of equilibrium through plastic art is of great importance for humanity. It reveals that although human life in time is doomed to disequilibrium, notwithstanding this, it is based on equilibrium. It demonstrates that equilibrium can become more and more living in us.

Piet Mondrian

Life Great Time Art Humanity Living

I have worked every day since the age of fifteen, supporting not only myself, but also helping a sizable family when needed.

Paulina Porizkova

Family Age Myself Day Every Day

Most consequential choices involve shades of gray, and some fog is often useful in getting things done.

Timothy Geithner

Fog Choices Done Gray Shades Things

I love David Bohm. I started to get into speculative realism because I started reading his work.

Timothy Morton

Work Love Reading Realism Started

In 'Se7en' and 'Fight Club,' Fincher proved his suave mastery of film violence; in Zodiac, his way of clarifying the many clues in a murder thriller. As he showed in 'The Social Network,' the director also knows that no wound is more toxic than a friend's betrayal.

Richard Corliss

Friend Fight Violence Betrayal Way

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.

Mark Twain

Truth Truth Is Wrong Nothing Will

Me and my three younger siblings, we sang together in grandma's church, and I was in the Chicago Children's Choir in high school, but I didn't think I had the voice to be a singer professionally.

Jamila Woods

Children Together School Me Think