Marquis de Lafayette Quotes

No person is more convinced than I am of the necessity of giving great splendour and energy to the great hereditary magistracy exercised by the king; but in a free country, there can only be citizens and public officers.

Marquis de Lafayette

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GreatI AmKingFreeEnergyGiving

Under the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program, homes are independently verified to be measurably more energy efficient than average houses.

Melissa Bean

EnvironmentalEnergyMoreProtection

From a young age, I wanted to play in the NBA. Oh well... It was when I was a senior in college that I fell for film, but even then, it wasn't documentaries. It wasn't until I ended up in graduate school at Southern Illinois University that I really discovered documentaries and thought that maybe that would be my calling.

Steve James

AgeSchoolCollegeThoughtPlayUp

There's almost nothing that upsets Americans more than the idea that somewhere, somehow, somebody is getting his feelings hurt.

Tucker Carlson

HurtFeelingsNothingMoreSomewhere

Surely, anyway, a working day of eight or nine hours which is not split by a nap is simply too much for a human being to take, day in, day out, and particularly so in hot weather.

Tom Hodgkinson

DayWeatherToo MuchNapHotHuman

Libya is a good example of a country that has come to a realization that weapons of mass destruction threaten more than assure, and I hope that will be followed by others.

Mohamed ElBaradei

GoodHopeCountryWillGood Example

To possess taste, one must have some soul.

Luc de Clapiers

SoulTasteMustSomePossess

I think it's interesting that 'cologne' rhymes with 'alone.'

Demetri Martin

AloneThinkInterestingRhymes

I think a writer's job is to provoke questions. I like to think that if someone's read a book of mine, they've had - I don't know what - the literary equivalent of a shower. Something that would start them thinking in a slightly different way, perhaps. That's what I think writers are for.

Doris Lessing

JobStartBookThinkThinkingKnow

A film takes a lot of time, and yet not enough to share with the people you're making the movie with, I think.

Claire Denis

TimePeopleThinkEnoughYouShare

It's beyond shameful this House can pass trillions of dollars in tax breaks for those with the most security but not see it to provide its way, see its way to provide health insurance for the children most in need.

Brad Schneider

ChildrenHealthInsuranceSecurity

I'm not a pop singer; I'm not a jazz singer. And I know I sing like not a whole lot of people do; I also know that a lot of other people act like I do. And better than I do. But what informs the singing is the acting. They're not separate from each other.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

PeopleSingingBetterActingJazz

We rely on our purveyors to tell us what's available and what's good.

Thomas Keller

GoodTellUsAvailableOurRely

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