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Franklin Pierce Quotes

The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.

Franklin Pierce

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: president
Nationality: american
Birth: November 23, 1804 - October 8, 1869

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Power Government Concentration Vast

Those golden minutes before you are completely awake, when your mind is just drifting, you have no censorship; you are ready to develop any kind of idea. That's when I come up with the best and worst ideas. That is the privilege of being a writer - that you can stay in bed for an hour in the morning and it's work time.

Work Morning Time Best Mind Ideas

I went to see 'Listen to My Heart: The Songs of David Friedman.' I have been a fan of his music for years, and I was invited to opening night because I know one of the producers.

Music Heart Night Know Listen See

Here's kind of my motto - if you're not happy at home, you're not happy anywhere else.

Home Motto Happy You Kind Here

We've heard some things from Pope Francis that are not fully supportive of free enterprise capitalism. That should be a problem from an American perspective.

Perspective Free Capitalism American

A handful of works in history have had a direct impact on social policy: one or two works of Dickens, some of Zola, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' and, in modern drama, Larry Kramer's 'The Normal Heart.'

Heart History Impact Uncle Drama

CNN and MSNBC, our primary competitors, are trying to figure out how to beat us. There are some good, smart people at those networks, and even occasionally a blind pig finds an acorn.

Good Smart People Blind Trying Pig

I grew up watching Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer.

Watching Up Arnold Jack Grew Palmer

I've done stand-up since I was 18 years old, and I absolutely love it, but I used to go onstage, and the audience was my peers. Now I go onstage, and I could be their mother.

Love Mother Go Done Now Audience

Theatre was the first thing I fell in love with.

Jason Priestley

Love Theatre First Thing Fell

When I first started off, a lot of people didn't know who we were or what we're doing, but now you can see a big difference, and everyone is behind us.

People Doing You Know Now See

I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.

Yourself People Democracy Building

When you buy a jacket, you pick the size to ensure it fits. Similarly, we live in a universe in which the amount of dark energy fits our biological make-up. If the amount of dark energy were substantially different from what we've measured, the environmental conditions would be inhospitable to our form of life.

Life Live Environmental Energy You

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