Thomas Jordan Jarvis Quotes

I beg you do not vote for stills and open bar-rooms in the county.

Thomas Jordan Jarvis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 18, 1836 - June 17, 1915

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I want to be a representative and be a role model for the Asian American community.

Jeremy Lin

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What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.

Meister Eckhart

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I both love and do not love; and am mad and not mad.

Anacreon

LoveMadBothAm

When the external factors over which one has no control in a way start to become negative, it starts to affect our creative juices.

Stephen Covey

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Like flats of today, terraces of houses gained a certain anonymity from identical facades following identical floor plans and heights.

Stephen Gardiner

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I went to the bank and asked to borrow a cup of money. They said, 'What for?' I said, 'I'm going to buy some sugar.'

Steven Wright

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I like people who are fit. I figure if I work out, you can at least return the favor. Would I go out with a meathead? No.

Rose McGowan

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I think that there's something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto - 'Swifter, higher, stronger' - it's such a beautiful motto, and it celebrates everything which is the antithesis of death and dissolution and entropy.

Chris Cleave

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I don't know how the editors are going to take it or how it may be received. But to some extent I'm hoping that with the next book, when people pick it up and read it, it will scare the pants off of them.

Christopher Darden

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I am hopeful that the concept of 'cultural appropriation' is a passing fad: people with different backgrounds rubbing up against each other and exchanging ideas and practices is self-evidently one of the most productive, fascinating aspects of modern urban life.

Lionel Shriver

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The way a story makes an argument is quite different from the way a persuasive essay does it. Emotional truth and the logic of metaphors dominate.

Ken Liu

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I know when I have kids, when I'm older, I'm going to encourage them to play sports because I think it teaches you a lot. It teaches you discipline, teamwork, and that there's really no 'I' in team.

Gregg Sulkin

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