Oliver Ellsworth Quotes

Some persons never attain to the happy art of perspicuous expression, and it is equally true that some persons, thro' a mental defect of their own, will judge the most correct and certain language of others to be indefinite and ambiguous.

Oliver Ellsworth

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 29, 1745 - November 26, 1807

Topics

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'Baby's Day Out' is maybe not a great movie, but... No, I've enjoyed and learned things from every project I've worked on. That was an important step in my career at ILM.

John Knoll

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I just kind of change, constantly, what my focus is. So whatever is stimulating me or inspiring me at the time is what I focus on.

Amy Jo Johnson

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Uber is a global business. We don't think just in terms of the U.S.

Travis Kalanick

BusinessThinkUberGlobalJust

I'm not into 'things.'

Travis Fimmel

Things

As I grew up, I was interested in other areas, too, especially literature. It became a major love of mine. Later, it became a difficult choice for me as to whether to major in music or literature. It wasn't until my 30s that I began a profession in music.

Tom Glazer

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Too often, advances in civil rights or women's rights are undermined by wrong-headed legislation or weak-kneed political leadership.

Mike Quigley

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Music and motorcycles was my thing when I was a kid.

Mike Dean

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I definitely play some games, like Nintendo D.S. or the Wii, and some computer games.

Luis von Ahn

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Army: A body of men assembled to rectify the mistakes of the diplomats.

Josephus Daniels

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I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.

Bob Dylan

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Black Lives Matter started from a post that I put on Facebook after the acquittal of George Zimmerman. I woke up in the middle of the night sobbing, just trying to process what had happened and wanting to find community around being in a lot of grief and having a lot of rage.

Alicia Garza

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Rage with panache.

William Hurt

Rage

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