Deborah Sampson Quotes

Wrought upon at length, you may say, by an enthusiasm and frenzy that could brook no control - I burst the tyrant bands, which held my sex in awe, and clandestinely, or by stealth, grasped an opportunity, which custom and the world seemed to deny, as a natural privilege.

Deborah Sampson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 17, 1760 - April 29, 1827

Topics

OpportunityControlWorldEnthusiasm

I don't see anyone avoiding the Stones because DJs make jokes about them being a part of the Geritol set. All it does is make the DJs look stupid.

Joe Perry

StupidLookSeeJokesBeingStones

Of course the Premier League is the most difficult league in the world because it's so even. I think you can't really compare other leagues with the Premier League. In the Premier League, every team can beat every team, and in football, that's something where you can have surprises.

Mesut Ozil

FootballTeamWorldThinkYouBeat

And after I started working for the Bureau, most of my translation duties included translations of documents and investigations that actually started way before 9/11.

Sibel Edmonds

WayStartedWorkingTranslationMost

Growing up, I missed the whole 'Three Stooges' thing. Either they weren't on the station in my hometown, or we hadn't bought a TV set yet, or they came to town too late for me. I'm pretty sure that at the right age, I would have loved them.

Roger Ebert

AgeMeGrowing UpLovedHometown

I'd like to be remembered as a keeper of the flame who kept traditional music alive, because I've been doing that twice as long as I was in the Byrds.

Roger McGuinn

MusicFlameDoingLongAliveTwice

I think I ran so hard and so fast, in a lot of ways, from my life and I kind of took a fall. It was like - what do they call it? - post-traumatic stress syndrome.

Rose McGowan

LifeStressThinkMy LifeFallFast

My votes against the education bill and my votes against the Medicare bill got huge play at home.

Mike Pence

EducationHomePlayAgainstGot

I am a better person when I let myself have the time for romance and for love.

Diane Kruger

LoveTimeMyselfRomanticI AmAm

Someone once claimed I was not really a Yorkshireman!

William Hague

SomeoneOnceReallyClaimed

There's a generation of children who don't like black and white movies. There's a level of impatience or intolerance now.

Peter Jackson

Black And WhiteChildrenGeneration

I look at Boston-based companies all the time... There's certainly great companies in Boston. If the deal makes sense on the merit of the deal itself, we'll go and do the deal.

Peter Levine

GreatTimeLookGoBostonSense

The impact of the Vietnam War on TV made everyone recognize the importance of visual media.

Mark Kurlansky

WarImpactMediaVietnam WarVietnam

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