Marquis de Lafayette Quotes

I shall ask for the abolition for the punishment of death until I have the infallibility of human judgment demonstrated to me.

Marquis de Lafayette

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DeathMePunishmentHumanAskShall

People sometimes ask who I would cast in my books and I never have any idea. I don't think I could ever write a book thinking of it as a movie the whole time. This would be like building a house and filling it with furniture just so you could have blueprints.

Jess Walter

TimePeopleBuildingBookThinking

I know that there is a great diversity of opinion as to who, in fact, pays the duties on imports. I do not intend to discuss that point. We of the staple and exporting States have long settled the question for ourselves, almost unanimously, from sad experience.

John C. Calhoun

SadGreatExperienceDiversityLong

If there's a silver bullet in the battle to recapture Albany, it is the re-engagement of our citizens. This capital has become a physical metaphor for the isolation and alienation of our people.

Andrew Cuomo

PeopleIsolationBattleSilver

Having a studio tell you when to jump and how high eight months of the year for six years is not a relationship I want to get into again.

Matthew Fox

RelationshipYearYouJumpWantGet

Each year, I pick something new to learn. One year, it was learning how to knit, and I got 'The Sweethearts' Knitting Club' out of the experience. Another year, it was to volunteer at the local domestic abuse shelter, and I ended up volunteering there for three years.

Lori Wilde

LearningExperienceLearnYearThree

I didn't know my father very well; I only met him a few times.

Jordan Peele

FatherKnowHimWellOnlyMet

I was born in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong the year I was five.

Wong Kar-wai

YearBornHong KongFiveI Was Born

Americans are so stiff when it comes to nudity. For me, I've always walked around the house naked. My husband, in real life, is like, 'Babe, could you just put some clothes on! Keep the mystery alive!'

Shanola Hampton

LifeMeHusbandClothesMysteryYou

My job has always been to entertain people. I want people to laugh.

Shaquille O'Neal

JobPeopleLaughWantAlwaysBeen

I'm just a photographer, not a movie star.

Ryan McGinley

PhotographerStarJustMovie Star

In 2012, when Mitt Romney named Russia as our greatest geopolitical foe, Democrats scoffed and accused Republicans of trying to ignite a new Cold War.

Kristen Soltis Anderson

WarColdTryingNewRussiaCold War

Frankly, I wish they would do 'The Bachelorette' for old people. And I could be the bachelorette.

Julie White

PeopleWishOld PeopleOldI Wish

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