Edward Brooke Quotes

I always believed there would be an African-American president. It was something I'd dreamed about, thought about, but certainly did not believe would happen in my lifetime.

Edward Brooke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 26, 1919 - January 3, 2015

Topics

BelieveThoughtPresidentAlwaysDid

The only durable sense of success is if you've followed your calling.

Jim Harrison

SuccessYouSuccess IsSenseYour

I'll continue making films because I love being able to drop into other people's worlds. My goal is to be constantly learning.

Jehane Noujaim

LoveLearningPeopleGoalBeing

I really wanted to be veterinarian, but I got a 410 on my math SATs.

Meg Cabot

MathVeterinarianGotWantedReally

Our Keystone legislation received strong bipartisan support in the Senate. Although it didn't receive the 60 votes necessary for passage, 56 senators - a majority - voted in favor of the bill. Despite President Obama's actively lobbying against the bill, we still won the support of 11 Democrats.

John Hoeven

SupportStrongPresidentDemocrats

'Islamist terrorism.' The very phrase is contentious. No one wants to make this problem harder by unfairly branding and alienating a quarter of the world's population, and even in this construction, no one should be thinking this means all of Islam or all Muslims.

Michael Hayden

ConstructionWorldThinkingProblem

People assume that the executive branch has more power than it actually has. Only the legislative branch can create the laws; the executive branch cannot create the laws. So, if the executive branch tries to create a branch one side or the other... you go back to the founders of the nation. They set up a system that ensures that it doesn't happen.

Michael Dell

PowerPeopleYouBackCreateGo

Vietnam was as much a laboratory experiment as a war.

John Pilger

WarExperimentVietnamLaboratory

You could look at people in India and say we are manufacturing the cabin that is going to be a part of the U.S. President's helicopter. That's a pretty big deal, right? There are 11 other heads of state who we support, but the fact is, to me, it's a very large deal.

Louis R. Chenevert

SupportPeopleMeYouLookIndia

I was 22 and had worked on Wall Street for a year, and quit my job. I bought a motorcycle and sort of had this fantasy that I'd go cross-country like 'Easy Rider.' I went from New York to L.A., and on the way back, I stopped in Chicago and saw a friend of mine who was into improv. And I figured it might be fun to give it a shot.

Jon Favreau

FriendJobFunNew YorkMotorcycle

There is something about liberalism that is not nearly as true about conservatism. The further left one goes, the more one finds that the ideology provides moral cover for a life that is not moral. While many people left of center lead fine personal lives, many do not.

Dennis Prager

LifePeopleMoralTruePersonal

We could give 'Take That' a run for their money.

Brian Harvey

MoneyRunTakeGiveCould

Working with Gale Anne Hurd has been a dream of mine. I mean, I grew up watching 'Terminator' and 'Aliens' and watching Sigourney Weaver just slay!

Britne Oldford

DreamMeanWatchingUpWorkingBeen

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