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Thomas Paine Quotes

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

Thomas Paine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: english
Birth: January 29, 1737 - June 8, 1809

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Battle Consequences Enemy Defeat

I like reading, I like boring things, and yet I think people for ages had this image of me that I was on the tube with a chainsaw looking for any likely candidate.

Jo Brand

People Me Looking Reading Think

I know that I'm already in the history books and that people are going to remember me as the prisoner of war and the fabricated stories, but you know, to me I was just another soldier over there doing my job.

Jessica Lynch

History Job War People Me Doing

If I get even five per cent of my ideas out and documented before I die, I'll be lucky. I'm not in danger of running out of riffs or ideas anytime soon. They overwhelm me and it's hard to find time to deal with them.

Jello Biafra

Time Me Ideas Die Find Lucky

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

John Dalberg-Acton

Learning Writing Reading Learn Much

I think President Trump is trying to distract the country away from the failures he's had - the inability to get a health care bill that both sides could come together on.

John Hickenlooper

Health Together Think Care Trying

The buyer, the prospect, the customer expects you to have knowledge of their stuff, not just your stuff.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Knowledge Customer You Just Stuff

I wasn't a child actor. It was just three weeks of my life when I was eight.

Tom Sturridge

Life Child My Life Three Actor Just

A woman can laugh and cry in three seconds and it's not weird. But if a man does it, it's very disturbing. The way I'd describe it is like this: I have been allowed inside the house of womanhood, but I feel that they wouldn't let me in any of the interesting rooms.

Rob Schneider

Woman Man Me Weird Feel Laugh

I love Adele. That's a lead singer; that's the real deal.

Roger Daltrey

Love Real Lead Singer Deal I Love

The tech community is a closely knit group, which is why it's so powerful. All of these companies have an affinity for each other, even if they compete with each other.

Ron Conway

Community Powerful Group Why Compete

There are all kinds of people who continue to be largely ignored by advertisers, whose lives largely go unseen. They deserve their moment.

Roxane Gay

Moment People Go Deserve Whose Who

I didn't feel ready to leave home, because it went from no freedom to all freedom. And I was like, 'Oh, my God, I don't know what I'm doing in college.' There seemed to be no like-minded people where I was... I didn't have a clan. I didn't have a choir... There was no safety net.

Lisa Lampanelli

Home God Freedom College Safety