Henry Laurens Quotes

My bravery however was the effect of assurance for could I have believed the current report, I should have fled as fast as any man, no man can possibly have a greater reluctance to an intimacy with Sir William Howe than my Self.

Henry Laurens

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 6, 1724 - December 8, 1792

Topics

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There are a lot of farmers and ranchers who are struggling. I get on my knees every day. If I had a rain prayer or a rain dance I could do, I would do it.

Tom Vilsack

RainDayPrayerDanceEvery DayGet

Everyone has their own mantra.

Russell Brand

EveryoneMantraOwn

Life is about surviving loss.

Mary Steenburgen

LifeLossSurvivingAbout

It's just as important to work on the little muscle groups as well as the big muscle groups. People, when they train, go to gyms. I call them 'nightclub bodies' - ginormous up top, and legs are little sticks. You see a lot of people, and they forget you can't leave the little muscles behind.

Misty May-Treanor

WorkPeopleYouTrainGoForget

I have come a long way and learnt a lot. I read this quote about a year ago: 'Happiness must not be pursued; it must ensue.' It's made me realise that just being married again or something like that won't make me happy; the happiness ensues from how we live our lives.

Lucy Davis

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You only trust those who are absolutely like yourself, those who have signed a pledge of allegiance to this particular identity.

Judith Butler

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I find it difficult to go to museums. I prefer houses.

Jonathan Anderson

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These funds will ensure that ports will be able to pay for adequate security measures to protect all Americans against terrorist attacks from our seaports.

Bobby Scott

SecurityWillProtectPayAgainst

Speaking for myself, art differs from writing in that I never know what I'm going to paint until I paint it, so it's almost like automatic writing. A writer, on the other hand, can't help but know what he's going to write, because the activity demands a degree of premeditation.

William S. Burroughs

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I actually became a lawyer because I thought you had to be a lawyer in order to get into national politics.

Susana Martinez

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I wanted to build businesses from the time I was little.

Penny Pritzker

TimeBuildLittleWantedBusinesses

If you want to write from life, you can't really write a story. People are always changing, and I think if we didn't look the same day-to-day, and our self weren't always in our body, would we even be the same? The continuity is in our bodies.

Sheila Heti

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