Thomas Jefferson Quotes

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Thomas Jefferson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: president
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826

Topics

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Fluency in even one other language would be fantastic.

Jim Broadbent

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If you think about movies that are adapted from books, they never feel like enough. There's always too much cut out in the end. You either make a five hour movie or you leave out stuff that should be in there.

Jeremy Sisto

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I do like having my ears pierced, because there's a lot more choice in pierced earrings than there is with clip-ons, and they're a lot more comfortable to wear - Sometimes I completely forget I've got them in and end up going to sleep wearing them.

Jennifer Garner

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I wanted a baby of color, to be honest, because I wasn't attached to the idea that I look like the biological mother. I liked the idea of the adoption being clear; it was and is not something I am interested in hiding.

Jennifer Gilmore

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Being appointed Elder Professor meant very much taking over the shop, in that the professor in those days controlled all the moneys.

John Henry Carver

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The majority of my background is multi-camera format, which is very broad and a very arch perception of reality. Whereas single camera tends to be more truthful and a little more intimate of a medium.

Matt LeBlanc

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I support the Volcker rule, but there needs to be proper definitions around the Volcker rule so that banks can understand exactly what they can do and what they can't do, and that they can provide the necessary function of liquidity in customer markets.

Steve Mnuchin

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I began drawing as a very young child and had a grandfather who experimented with photography, so those things constituted my first exposure to art.

Sigmar Polke

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Religion can make it worse. Are you supposing that if people were encouraged to believe in a transcendent reality, and to be encouraged by grand rituals and music and preaching, to love their neighbors, then they would put jealousy and frustration aside?

Mary Douglas

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You've got to understand when a collaborator isn't satisfied anymore.

Martin Scorsese

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One day, you might look up and see me playing the game at 50. Don't laugh. Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

Michael Jordan

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Most novelists are narcissistic egomaniacs who would probably fit somewhere on the CEO spectrum.

Joshua Cohen

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