H. W. Brands Quotes

In the early days of the republic, the secretary of state was the heir apparent to the president. Presidents could easily hand-pick their party's next candidate. The party caucuses formally selected the candidates, but presidents guided the process.

H. W. Brands

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I am not looking to be understood or liked. Like me or not, I don't care. I am an outsider, that is the way I was brought up.

Jimmy Connors

I AmMeLookingCareWayUp

The experience of pain or loss can be a formidably motivating force.

John C. Maxwell

ExperiencePainLossForce

Music and fashion combined make such a lethal weapon in my opinion.

Jeremy Scott

MusicOpinionFashionWeaponLethal

A few years ago, kids from poor areas in France were asked to draw items of food. For a chicken, they drew a drumstick. For a fish, they drew a fish stick. Those are extremes, but there is a lot that needs to be done to help children discover good food.

Joel Robuchon

GoodChildrenFoodGood FoodHelp

Our dresses take a long time to make.

Jenny Packham

TimeLongLong TimeDressesTake

It's that I have a good personality and am a good tennis player.

Anna Kournikova

GoodPersonalityTennisPlayerAm

Writing is a form of activism.

Angie Thomas

WritingActivismForm

One of the things I love about music and making beats is making something and watching someone's reaction, knowing you can do something to manipulate the way people move or act.

Metro Boomin

LoveMusicPeopleSomeoneYouWay

Taking photos is a form of collecting.

Martin Parr

CollectingTakingFormPhotos

Architecture is always the will of the age conceived as space - nothing else. Until this simple truth is clearly recognized, the struggle over the foundation of a new architecture confident in its aims and powerful in its impact cannot be realized; until then, it is destined to remain a chaos of uncoordinated forces.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

AgeTruthSimpleArchitectureSpace

What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.

Julia Cameron

WorkMoneyFeelDoorsPlayWant

I understand a woman who validates herself by getting attention from the opposite sex. I have a friend who is that to a T... Doesn't mean she isn't a good person. That's a funny character to play.

Cheryl Hines

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