Marquis de Lafayette Quotes

If the king refuses the constitution, I shall oppose him; if he accepts it, I shall defend him; and the day on which he gave himself up as my prisoner secured me more fully to his service than if he had promised me half his kingdom.

Marquis de Lafayette

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ServiceDayKingMeConstitutionUp

You can be in terrible shape, and if you take a three-hour walk through the forest and along the river, you're simply not the same as when you started out.

Jim Harrison

WalkRiverForestYouOutShape

It's traditionally not federal policy to fund state and local salaries. It's done sometimes on a temporary basis or a grant basis. But it's not often done. And the reason is clear, because the federal government can't continue in perpetuity these programs.

Jim Talent

GovernmentDoneSometimesReason

The stereotypes of feminists as ugly, or man-haters, or hairy, or whatever it is - that's really strategic. That's a really smart way to keep young women away from feminism, is to kind of put out this idea that all feminists hate men, or all feminists are ugly; and that they really come from a place of fear.

Jessica Valenti

FearWomenHateMenSmartUgly

Keats writes better about poems than anybody I've ever read. The things that he says about what he wants his own poems to be are the ideals that I share.

Andrew Motion

BetterOwnThingsShareThanHe

It's tough to have a movie-star persona when you're on a show as successful as 'Friends.'

Matthew Perry

ToughFriendsYouSuccessfulShow

I love it when television is shot in a cinematic way and I think to aspire to that is no bad thing.

Matthew Rhys

LoveThinkBadTelevisionWayShot

Brad was a huge surprise to me. I think we were both the last two people who were looking for a relationship. I certainly wasn't. I was quite content to be a single mom with Mad.

Angelina Jolie

RelationshipPeopleMeMomLooking

People understand we have a dependence upon foreign oil. What they do not understand and find incredibly ridiculous is that we import refined product just making us more dependent on the industry.

John Shimkus

PeopleFindRidiculousUnderstandUs

I don't believe things happen in vain. I believe they happen for a reason.

Tracey Gold

BelieveThings HappenI BelieveVain

Technically, maybe I learned most of all from George Stevens, and among his movies I learned the most from 'A Place in the Sun.' It's a lesson in moviemaking.

Mike Nichols

SunLessonPlaceMoviesMostMaybe

I wrote a poem on my leg once, on the skin.

Michael Madsen

SkinLegPoemOnceWrote

You have to tell a good story first. If it's a good story, people will be interested. It doesn't matter about the content.

Judge Reinhold

GoodPeopleStoryYouWillMatter

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