Charles A. Beard Quotes

Alexander Hamilton, of New York, a signer of the Constitution, was a member of the ratifying convention in his state and did more than any other member to wring the approval of the new instrument from delegates practically instructed by their constituents to vote against it.

Charles A. Beard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 27, 1874 - September 1, 1948

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To the victors belong the spoils.

Andrew Jackson

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Love is my religion - I could die for it.

John Keats

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As a young concert-going person, I was never enamoured with celebrities who would walk out to feature in certain songs and then walk off.

John Lydon

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I was blessed with a birth and a death, and I guess I just want some say in between.

Ani DiFranco

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I am thrilled to be working with Alex Sanchez as the artist on 'Katana.' His work is wildly eclectic, exciting and powerful, yet slyly humorous, which is a perfect match for Katana.

Ann Nocenti

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I grew up in a suburb of Baltimore with an extremely high concentration of Jewish families - where the Levys and Cohens in the high school yearbook went on for pages, where I could count far more temples than I ever could churches. Anti-Semitism, in our cultural biodome, was mostly an abstract concept.

Jeffrey Kluger

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I have a mother who never took no for an answer when it came to her creative pursuits. She started a hair salon in her spare bedroom and four years later had 30 employees.

Solange Knowles

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There is a time in the last few days of summer when the ripeness of autumn fills the air.

Rudolfo Anaya

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With portable cameras and affordable data and non-linear digital editing, I think this is a golden age of documentary filmmaking. These new technologies mean we can make complicated, beautifully crafted and cinematic films about real-life stories.

Lucy Walker

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You know how to tell if the teacher is hung over? Movie Day.

Jay Mohr

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The living world has become impoverished. Species are being lost every day. Energy and other resources are nearing exhaustion. The environment is deteriorating. Pollution is everywhere. Climate is changing. Natural balances are threatened.

Christian de Duve

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I've lived in Washington since 1981 and have been a faithful reader of 'The Washington Post' ever since.

Christopher Buckley

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