Thomas Jefferson Quotes

I cannot live without books.

Thomas Jefferson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

EducationLiveWithoutCannotBooks

I have long argued that ISIS and Assad are not separate problems to be chosen between, but are action and reaction, cause and symptom, chicken and egg: impossible to untangle no matter how much we might like to.

Jo Cox

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I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which he condemns.

John Jay Chapman

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Something pretty... that's just the surface. People worry so much about aging, but you look younger if you don't worry about it.

Jeanne Moreau

AgingPeopleWorryYouLookPretty

Chicago is not the most corrupt American city. It's the most theatrically corrupt.

Studs Terkel

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We really are creatures of a violent world, biologically speaking - watching violence and learning about it is one of our cognitive drives.

Steven Pinker

LearningWorldViolenceWatchingOur

There's something about rhythm and bass sections generally, how the bass and drums interact, that's basically the soul of any song.

Shura

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If you look at how people use the term 'western,' you can only conclude that it means a movie that has big hats and horses. And if you really want to sound like you've been thinking, then you'll use a term like 'genre.' But all the hell it seems to mean is big hats and horses. Which is not all that deeply analytical.

Tommy Lee Jones

PeopleThinkingHellHatsYouLook

I reiterate my proposal of creating life sentences for politicians who make deals with organized criminals. They deserve the maximum penalty because a politician that makes deals with criminals - I've said it, and I repeat it - is no longer a politician but just another 'capo.'

Josefina Vazquez Mota

LifeCreatingSaidDeserveOrganized

Twitter does have an effect on everything - things you put out there, they are out there for good.

Donald Glover

GoodYouEverythingOutThingsDoes

Airline food is cooked in an oven and then kept warm. Space station food is often cooked in an oven and then thermo-stabilised, irradiated or dehydrated and then stored for a year or two before you even get to it.

Chris Hadfield

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I had a kind of artrock band called Peanut for a while, which eventually helped me over my fear of singing. That was a big step for me. I never dreamed I could sing songs in front of people.

Withered Hand

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I thought I would be an organic chemist. I went off to university, and when I couldn't understand the chemistry lectures I decided that I would be a zoologist, because zoologists seemed like life-loving people.

Peter Carey

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