H. W. Brands Quotes

When the Constitution was written in 1787, there was this supposition that American politics would be above party. The people who would staff the positions in government would have the interests of the country, or at least their states and congressional districts, at heart, and so they wouldn't form permanent political parties.

H. W. Brands

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Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.

Alvin Ailey

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It's hard to overestimate how much the perception of the quality of the V.C. firm you're with matters - the signal it sends to other V.C.s, to potential employees, to customers, to the tech press. It's like where you went to college.

Stewart Butterfield

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I always thought of myself as a later bloomer, so I like some of my work more later than earlier.

Robert Duvall

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It's crazy to make records nobody buys. It's just a waste of time.

Ry Cooder

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We encrypt 'Drag Race' with the secret language that kept gay people linked for many years before the '80s.

RuPaul

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People have compared me to Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Eminem, and J. Cole. They bring substance and largely are all good storytellers, and those are two of my biggest strengths. It's dope to be compared to people who have longevity in the game because that's the most important thing for me: I want my name to live forever.

Jay IDK

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Sin leads to wickedness and to hearts that become hardened to things of the Spirit.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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Adjusting to the passage of time, I think, is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches.

Dolly Parton

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I believe the process of going from confusion to understanding is a precious, even emotional, experience that can be the foundation of self-confidence.

Brian Greene

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I don't need to be validated by academia, because that presupposes that academia is a pure endeavor and not guided by market forces, which is not the case.

Boots Riley

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Women care about their friends.

Ari Graynor

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The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.

Anne Sullivan

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