Dean Acheson Quotes

Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.

Dean Acheson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 11, 1893 - October 12, 1971

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I love it when women are like, 'You guys sound like me and my best friend!'

Jessica Williams

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I spent ridiculous amounts of time as an activist and volunteer and was a teacher for 20 years.

Johann Lamont

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Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.

Max Euwe

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This whole idea of editing, not one time I can tell you, not one time has a producer ever asked me to say something I did not want to say. I will also say this about 'Drag Race' producers: I will stand by the show and the people there because they have changed so many people's lives for the better, and I'm one of them.

Alyssa Edwards

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I've been at this for 40 years. And, as an academic, I've been content with relatively small audiences, with the thought that the audience I long for will find its way eventually to what I have written, provided that what I have written is good enough.

Stephen Greenblatt

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The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

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I visited the archeological site at the northern tip of Newfoundland. There is no question about it. It has been definitely determined that the Vikings were there for about 10 years - specifically, Leif Erikson and his extended family.

Russell Freedman

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Out of labor's struggle in Arizona came better conditions for the workers, who must everywhere, at all times, under advantage and disadvantage work out their own salvation.

Mary Harris Jones

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Gravy is the simplest, tastiest, most memory-laden dish I know how to make: a little flour, salt and pepper, crispy bits of whatever meat anchored the meal, a couple of cups of water or milk and slow stirring to break up lumps.

Dorothy Allison

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I'm staggered by the question of what it's like to be a multimilionaire. I always have to remind myself that I am.

Bruce Willis

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If something happened along the route and you had to leave your children with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, I think you would probably leave them with Bob Dole.

Bob Dole

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There's a lot of people in this world, and it's important to learn about them.

Austin Seferian-Jenkins

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