Claiborne Pell Quotes

The strength of the United States is not the gold at Fort Knox or the weapons of mass destruction that we have, but the sum total of the education and the character of our people.

Claiborne Pell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 22, 1918 - January 1, 2009

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I think of myself more as a character actor than that ingenue leading lady, who started out something like Michelle Pfeiffer, or Jessica Lange. I'm a bit quirkier than that.

Joan Allen

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I find it extremely ironic that Bush says that personal opinion should not be a tool in the interpretation of the Constitution, when he's the one who's lobbying for a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. If that doesn't stem from personal opinion, I don't know what does.

Jessi Klein

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With the advance of feudalism came the growth of iron armor, until, at last, a fighting-man resembled an armadillo.

John Boyle O'Reilly

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I recommend a little dose of cancer to anyone.

Jennifer Saunders

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Dell's a company that has changed the IT landscape in making PCs and servers more affordable. There's enormous opportunities to make IT more accessible to tens of millions of companies, kind of democratizing the ability for companies to gain access to IT.

Michael Dell

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I have seen (as far as it can be seen) many persons changed in a moment from the spirit of horror, fear, and despair to the spirit of hope, joy, peace; and from sinful desires, till then reigning over them, to a pure desire of doing the will of God.

John Wesley

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Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolutely safety or give me death.' America is supposed to be about freedom.

John Stossel

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Never take no for answer, and try to make films that turn you on.

Mira Nair

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I came from a broken family.

Coco Martin

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Usually, when I'm at a festival with a movie that I'm in, I'm in and out in 24 hours.

Ari Graynor

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When I was born, my mother was very disappointed. She wanted a son. I knew that from a very early age. So I was a tomboy.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

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What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.

William Shakespeare

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