Thomas Jefferson Quotes

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.

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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My entire career writing novels was wrapped up around Harry Bosch. This character was too important to me to just hand off.

Michael Connelly

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It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.

John Ruskin

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I think, for a long time, I didn't have people who understood where I was coming from. They were giving me advice on what would be good for them.

Amanda Seales

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There is no such thing as disappointment for those who continue to cherish the selflessness of which is born the noblest inner self. There is no such thing as failure for those who invest in the potentialities of the Ideal of the Soul.

Ameen Rihani

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I don't think of myself as the champion too often, honestly.

Robert Whittaker

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Many old music hall fans were present at the funeral today of Fred 'Chuckles' Jenkins, Britain's oldest and unfunniest comedian. In tribute, the vicar read out one of Fred's jokes, and the congregation had two minutes silence.

Ronnie Barker

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If you ask me the best bowler, then Wasim Akram was the best bowler because he had a lot of variety. Even when you were batting on 100 or 150, you're not very sure... He could still get you out. That was his forte.

Mohammad Azharuddin

BestMeYouAskOutVariety

Support the athlete, encourage the team, help the coach. That's what good track parents do.

Don Kardong

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I saw B.B. King in concert one time where he had this guy that would bring him out a glass of water and towel to wipe his forehead with.

Johnny Van Zant

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I love music so much, and I love musicians - I love singers. It's fun. That's what music's supposed to be. Fun.

Chris Stapleton

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I think the Apollo has always been the people's performing arts center and reflected the community, whether it is Stevie Wonder or Tito Puente.

Arturo O'Farrill

CommunityPeopleThinkWonderAlways

I have been performing in the street for more than 50 years: magic for basically 60 years, and the high wire 45 years. The beauty of it is that it's never the same. It's never easy. And yet, part of my art is to make it look easy.

Philippe Petit

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