Edwin M. Stanton Quotes

I know General Grant better than any other person in the country can know him. It was my duty to study him, and I did so day and night, when I saw him and when I did not see him, and now I tell you what I know, he cannot govern this country.

Edwin M. Stanton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 19, 1814 - December 24, 1869

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I used to make snap judgments, moved quickly. It's more important to be thoughtful, think of the consequences of your decisions.

John Hickenlooper

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If you are searching to figure out what is true and what is not, you will have a sad life. It means you have too much time, and you should do a hobby - like collecting art.

Maurizio Cattelan

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Nobody pulls a prank like George Clooney.

Anna Kendrick

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Art reflects society. Cinema doesn't dictate - you portray what the society demands.

Sonam Kapoor

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Growing is an important part of the business, but more important than that is to get better.

Steve Madden

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I go to a lot of events morning, noon and night when I'm not in Washington.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

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I did film and television, not having worked in banking or consulting, a very different stream. So I said, 'I'll go to business school, and it will help me decide more on what I want to do.'

Roshni Nadar

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I think being a parent is the most challenging thing you do. That's why we're here. It's at the heart of what it is to be a human being. It's the ultimate experience because it questions everything about who you are. But it's difficult.

Michael Sheen

HeartExperienceThinkParentYou

'The Wire' is very realistic and based on real events.

Michael K. Williams

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We have never observed infinity in nature. Whenever you have infinities in a theory, that's where the theory fails as a description of nature. And if space was born in the Big Bang, yet is infinite now, we are forced to believe that it's instantaneously, infinitely big. It seems absurd.

Janna Levin

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In the vanity of self-consciousness one feels at a long remove above the ordinary love and trustfulness of a simple and pure heart.

Donald G. Mitchell

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Just as we descend into our consciences to judge of actions which our minds can not weigh, can we not also search in ourselves for the feeling which gives birth to forms of thought, always vague and cloudy?

Alfred de Vigny

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