It's not an imposed idea at all. Not like the Washington Monument, an Egyptian idea. Not like the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials, Greek or Roman or copies of other times. It's a place that is of this time, of this era. I think of it as an American monument to a great American president.


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I wanted to trust in my partners and the directors and producers and do the best I can to deliver wh...
MARTIN LAWRENCE
I was a B.I.G. fan. I like all of his stuff. I don't really have a favorite song. They all are g...
MARTIN LAWRENCE
If somebody pisses me off and I understand it ain't personal then I'll go to another place a...
MARTIN LAWRENCE
We grew to know the meaning of love. That is what allowed me and my family to stay close together.
MARTIN LAWRENCE
You make due with the time you have here. Hopefully when you pass on, somebody can look back and say...
MARTIN LAWRENCE
Everybody has a Big Momma: the mother or the grandmother who tells it like it is, keeps it real with...
MARTIN LAWRENCE
I don't want to sound facetious, but humour is the key to the soul. You know what I mean?
MARTIN LAWRENCE
You can be cool and at the same time respect your woman, who will hopefully become your wife, who wi...
MARTIN LAWRENCE
No one is immune to the trials and tribulations of life.
MARTIN LAWRENCE
Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last.
LAWRENCE WELK
I had to learn how to chop wood actually - I don't think my dad would have let me go chop wood i...
JENNIFER LAWRENCE
It's a curious thing that the mental life seems to flourish with its roots in spite, ineffable and f...
D.H. LAWRENCE
I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze."

(Letter to Cyn...
D.H. LAWRENCE
Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
VICKI LAWRENCE
When you don't have anybody to take care of you, then you could go both ways: You could do whate...
JENNIFER LAWRENCE
I want to play a character I've never been before-a crazy serial killer like Charlize Theron in ...
JENNIFER LAWRENCE
My cousin cleaned out a shotgun for me and let me carry it around the house, because he said, 'A...
JENNIFER LAWRENCE
Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poe...
LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI
Even though I was in close proximity to everything, it never really dawned on me to pursue a career ...
VICKI LAWRENCE
I was with - he wasn't the president then, but - Barack Obama, when he was running, in Washingto...
LAWRENCE BENDER
Hillary Clinton would raise taxes on so-called rich people, corporations, capital gains, financial t...
LAWRENCE KUDLOW
A teenager's early experimentation might be minor, but it can still have a damaging effect on their ...
ANDREW LAWRENCE
By affecting basic brain functions, amphetamine may expose experimenting teenagers to an increased r...
ANDREW LAWRENCE
As well as activating the brain's reward system, which is involved in addiction, amphetamine also af...
ANDREW LAWRENCE
Although many teenagers experiment with drugs, most don't become regular users but may try the drug ...
ANDREW LAWRENCE
The wings are moved several times by hand to charge the crank chamber with mixture, which flows on t...
LAWRENCE HARGRAVE
If Kuwait grew carrots we wouldn't give a damn.
LAWRENCE KORB
I've always thought George Carlin was brilliant.
VICKI LAWRENCE
If you're going to make a musical, don't cartoon it from the play. Make it better than the p...
JEROME LAWRENCE
Tell me, tutor,' I said. 'Is revenge a science, or an art?
MARK LAWRENCE
When they killed him, Mother wouldn't hold her peace, so they slit her throat. I was stupid then, be...
MARK LAWRENCE
I never think it's right to chew gum in front of other people, but a lot of times I'll come ...
JENNIFER LAWRENCE
How do I let the director know how obsessed I am and willing to do anything for the movie? Like, I w...
JENNIFER LAWRENCE
Most of the games don't let you focus too much on the cheerleaders, but I've been watching t...
LAWRENCE TAYLOR
Steroids are for guys who want to cheat opponents.
LAWRENCE TAYLOR
The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
D.H. LAWRENCE
A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. A psychi...
JEROME LAWRENCE
I have never been an innovator, a creative genius.
LAWRENCE WELK
When it comes to understanding others, we rarely tax our imaginations.
LAWRENCE HILL
For it goes without saying that this great recognition at this time will aid tremendously our effort...
ERNEST LAWRENCE
Marilyn was a great actress, not a dumb blond bombshell. She was very smart, very astute and a good ...
LAWRENCE SCHILLER
Instead of an attic with a few test tubes, bits of wire and odds and ends, the attack on the atomic ...
ERNEST LAWRENCE
The availability of private insurance provides tremendous insulation for millions of individuals.
LAWRENCE SUMMERS
I'd ban all automobiles from the central part of the city. You see, the automobile was just a pa...
LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI
I get photographers hiding in my bushes. We're way past autographs. We're into being stalked...
JENNIFER LAWRENCE