Wendell Willkie Quotes

Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without war, in the slower process of humanitarian reform and social enlightenment.

Wendell Willkie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 18, 1892 - October 8, 1944

Topics

WarProcessEnlightenmentAmerica

Mum decided that I could sing a bit, so she put me in a choir, which I hated, and it was just a nightmare. I was a rebellious sort of choirboy.

Jesse Spencer

MeChoirSheRebelliousSingJust

I think I have femininity, I have masculinity, but I get to use all of Jeffrey, and that's very powerful. And this is what I always thought when I went down in my little basement in San Francisco, where I grew up, and daydreamed about being an actor: It felt like this. This is what it felt like.

Jeffrey Tambor

ThinkThoughtPowerfulDownActor

I'm big in Russia, but no one's quite sure why.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

WhyRussiaBigSureQuite

People may think I'm trying something new by telling stories, but they're just jokes connected to give the illusion of stories. But really, I just continue using my imagination and creating. That's what I do.

Steven Wright

ImaginationPeopleThinkTryingNew

I think the Congolese music is more important in the African community that Rwandan. You know, Rwanda is not musically really important in Africa. It's interesting, of course. But Congolese rumba was so huge in Africa that everybody was inspired by it.

Stromae

MusicCommunityThinkInteresting

Every woman inspires me.

Roberto Cavalli

WomanMeEveryInspires

I loved looking at myself when I was very photogenic, at the very beginning of my career.

Rupert Everett

MyselfBeginningLookingLovedVery

Sometimes, when we play against weaker teams, everyone says, 'Oh, you won because you played weaker teams.'

Luka Modric

YouPlaySometimesEveryoneAgainst

The biggest thing as I have gotten older is the calmness that's come over me.

Jason Giambi

MeOverCalmnessComeOlderThing

My daddy had been a fiddler, and I heard a lot of fiddle music as a child. I had a ukulele and had played along with him.

Dickey Betts

MusicChildHimUkuleleAlongBeen

You learn to respect team chemistry. It's the fourth quarter, there's two minutes left, the shot clock is winding down, and we're like, 'What do we do?' We didn't have that flow. Chemistry comes down to repetition. It's not, 'We've played some games; we have chemistry now.'

Chris Bosh

RespectTeamLearnYouDownFlow

I never had the high-paying job or the company car. It took me over a decade to pay off my student loans. I never had to worry about where to dock my yacht to reduce my taxes.

Christine O'Donnell

CarJobMeWorryStudentNever

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