Everett Dirksen Quotes

When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there.

Everett Dirksen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 4, 1896 - September 7, 1969

Topics

StrengthCommunitySaidDoneMinds

Fighting for one's freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again.

Maya Angelou

WorkSuccessGoodMorningFreedom

When you're just shagging girls, you can talk about it, but once it gets real, then you don't.

Stephan Jenkins

YouTalkRealJustOnceAbout

I'm American by birth, but I consider myself Canadian.

Sondra Radvanovsky

MyselfAmericanBirthCanadian

I did Scarsdale. I did Weight Watchers. I did Atkins.

Trisha Yearwood

WeightDid

The Brat Pack is timeless.

Rob Lowe

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When we got knocked out against Porto in the Champions League, I only slept two hours that night. I was not a nice person to be with after that match. I was struggling to get the result out of my system.

Ruud van Nistelrooy

NightResultChampionsPersonNice

Its goodness is a decision for the mouth to make.

Lu Yu

DecisionMouthGoodnessMake

I read certain articles about how all of the new filmmakers are immediately being given massive tentpoles, and there's a lot of original movies that we have now lost as a result of this. I don't want to call it a fad because I think it's a good thing. I think the movies are better as a result.

Colin Trevorrow

GoodThinkBetterResultLostNew

There's a major underlying idea as you grow up that you need to just save your money and get that affordable housing at the edge of town where you're away from the city where all the crime happens or whatever.

Conor Oberst

MoneyCityGrowYouEdgeNeed

The more ideas there are in circulation, the more ideas there are for any individual to disagree with. More media always means more arguing.

Clay Shirky

IdeasMediaMoreDisagreeIndividual

Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.

Claude Monet

ArtJoyColorObsessionTorment

I had no desire to become a singer until I heard Billie Holiday. The first time I heard her on a record, it was a revelation. She sounded like a woman singing about herself.

Susannah McCorkle

TimeWomanSingingHolidayDesire

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