Peter Stuyvesant Quotes

Praise the Lord, O England's Jerusalem: and Netherland's Zion, praise ye the Lord! He hath secured your gates, and blessed your possessions with peace, even here, where the threatened torch of war was lighted.

Peter Stuyvesant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: 1612 - 1672

Topics

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Nothing in the nature around us is evil. This needs to be repeated since one of the human ways of talking oneself into inhuman acts is to cite the supposed cruelty of nature.

John Berger

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Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.

Max Eastman

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Getting upset about Netflix, to me, is like getting upset about the weather. It's just something that's happening, and we have to decide what we feel about it.

Steven Soderbergh

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You can never fight for a part or can't beg them to do another audition. You can try, but that rarely works.

Rita Moreno

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Film is subjective, and we must be careful with that. The kinds of films I love are those that observe, and I give possibility for people to talk. No need for me to tell people what to think - even when I make a film like 'S-21.' It's only one point of view. It's still a film; it's not a tribunal.

Rithy Panh

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In addition, the oil royalties the Federal Government does not collect from big oil will starve the Land and Water Conservation Fund of critical financial resources.

Ron Kind

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And this President wakes up every morning, looks out across America and is proud to announce, 'It could be worse.' It could be worse? Is that what it means to be an American? It could be worse? Of course not. What defines us as Americans is our unwavering conviction that we know it must be better.

Mitt Romney

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I find painting a much slower process than comedy, where you can go a mile a minute verbally and hope to God that some of the people out there understand you.

Jonathan Winters

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In this age when people expect to get their music for free, we have to work out how we can protect the rights of creative artists so they are compensated fairly and that the record business itself remains sound and healthy.

Clive Davis

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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes.

Cole Porter

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True friends: only a few have 'em, but only a few will admit that they don't.

Brian Celio

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I practice yoga even when my schedule doesn't allow me to teach. I've been practicing for 17 years, since before it became hip.

Brenda Strong

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