Charles de Gaulle Quotes

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.

Charles de Gaulle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: leader
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: November 22, 1890 - November 9, 1970

Topics

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I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing.

Andrew Cuomo

WorkGovernmentBetterDoingCome

The world record will come to me when I run the world record race. I'm just trying to perfect my race. I'm looking for perfection.

Maurice Greene

PerfectionMeWorldLookingPerfect

We Americans have an obligation to come to China, to learn more about China. Why? Because with each passing day, it's going to be more and more in our future.

Max Baucus

FutureDayLearnWhyMoreChina

I'm like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture.

Steven Saylor

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I have a British voice and a rather formal one at that, having been brought up in post-WWII Britain. My voice is perfectly suited to the sort of book I write, I think. It would not fit a contemporary, besides which I do not know enough about the contemporary world to write convincingly or comfortably about it!

Mary Balogh

WorldBookVoiceThinkEnoughKnow

As a mom, I know it is my responsibility, and no one else's, to raise my kids. But we have to ask ourselves, what does it mean when so many parents are finding their best efforts undermined by an avalanche of advertisements aimed at our kids.

Michelle Obama

ResponsibilityBestParentsMomKnow

I think the government, if you measure it in terms of the dollars out the door, about 83 percent of the government stays open in a government shutdown. Social Security checks go out; military still exists. The FBI still chases bad guys. I think the consequences have been blown out of proportion.

Mick Mulvaney

GovernmentDoorThinkYouSecurity

I listened to Bill Bennett and tons of other talk show hosts who talked about that and other policies and started branching out and caring about other issues in regards to politics.

Jonathan Krohn

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I'm a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively.

Don Nelson

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I never lose that terror of 'this is my last job, I'll never work again.' You can never relax and rely on whatever reputation you've built.

Derek Jacobi

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I think that when voters react negatively to trade and investment, they are really expressing their angst about the pace of technological change.

Arancha Gonzalez

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In the early New England meeting-houses the seats were long, narrow, uncomfortable benches, which were made of simple, rough, hand-riven planks placed on legs like milking-stools.

Alice Morse Earle

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