Greg Grandin Quotes

Just as much as the United States mattered to cotton, cotton mattered to the United States. Cotton reinvigorated slavery, established the young nation's place in the global economy, and eventually helped create the political and economic conflicts that resulted in civil war.

Greg Grandin

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Indeed, the highest honors are those granted by organizations who understand the necessity of providing our nation's children with access to technology in an environment which fosters the type of learning that will lead us into the next century.

John Morgridge

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Sometimes, when I watch a movie where teenagers are played by actors that are 26 years old and look perfect, it makes you wonder what story is actually being told.

Angourie Rice

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Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.

Stephen Vincent Benet

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When I think of invention, I always think of America. You're always seeing ads: 'Have you got the next big idea?' There seems to be that spirit in America of inventions and inventors.

Simon Cowell

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I was the artsy one, and my husband took care of all our finances. It was the Latino way - the man is in charge of the money.

Rita Moreno

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I've loved Hawkman since I was really young.

Rob Liefeld

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Closing the gap for women entrepreneurs should be a priority for the federal government - and yet the Small Business Administration has failed in their promise to women business owners.

Ruben Hinojosa

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You can't forge a new sort of consensus, you can't forge public opinion, by following public opinion.

Martin O'Malley

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You can't spend your life apologizing.

Jude Law

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Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.

Claude Monet

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I'm most excited to meet Jon Hamm at the Emmys.

Bree Turner

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Empires inevitably fall, and when they do, history judges them for the legacies they leave behind.

Noah Feldman

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