Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: president
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945

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The principle of asceticism never was, nor ever can be, consistently pursued by any living creature. Let but one tenth part of the inhabitants of the earth pursue it consistently, and in a day's time they will have turned it into a Hell.

Jeremy Bentham

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But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people.

Maynard James Keenan

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In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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In our hands, even the straightest lyric sounded shady.

Angus Young

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Excuse me if I'm clinging on to life, but my parents wove me from tight thread.

Jeanne Calment

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Guatemala's ornate presidential palace, once a terrifying fortress whose every corridor was patrolled by heavily armed soldiers in berets and camouflage uniforms, is now a normal public building where ordinary citizens enter without fear.

Stephen Kinzer

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I don't go in search of ideas; I try to let them find me.

Sue Monk Kidd

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I was 13 when I had my first bout of insomnia. My family was in Reykjavik, Iceland, for the summer, and day never really became night.

Siri Hustvedt

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Even almost a century after her death, Sarah Bernhardt, the French actress whose extraordinary personality, flamboyant life and passionate nature became a legend in her own lifetime, remains the byword among most people as the supreme theatrical star.

Michael Korda

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There are so many YA novels being made because there is so much young talent that can bring it to life. J-Law was one of the first females to do it with 'The Hunger Games,' and it's been going on for a while now. With J-Law, it was like, 'Hey, I'm Katniss,' and then, 'Hey, I just won an Oscar!'

Dexter Darden

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We pay a price when special interests win out over the collective national interest.

Chris Christie

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Shoes are a big part of your look. I think that if your outfit isn't really something special, then fun footwear is a great way to jazz it up and make your ensemble more interesting.

Christian Siriano

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