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will more surely overthrow the liberties of Amer... SAMUEL ADAMS I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved i... TADAO ANDO The years as they come bring many agreeable things with them; As they go, they take many away HORACE These people need to come out of the shadows and start living a life that they deserve as contributo... MARIA JUEGA It is when our hearts are stirred that we become most aware of what they contain. ANDY STANLEY There's no telling who is going to start come August because a new camp brings on a whole new look. ... BLAKE POWERS I came across few whites as a boy at Qunu. The local magistrate, of course, was white, as was the ne... NELSON MANDELA America is the first country... that can actually have a bloodless revolution. MALCOLM X Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor i... HERMANN GOERING They have people that leave, for what they call their leave period and sometimes they don't come bac... JAMES WILLIAMS America is a young dumb country and it needs all kinds of help. America is a dumb puppy with big tee... ABIODUN OYEWOLE Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live ... GREIL MARCUS I always prefer to work in the studio. It isolates people from their environment. They become in a s... RICHARD AVEDON America is the greatest country in the whole world. CHRIS ROCK When I feel threatened, vulnerable, or insecure, whether it from simply walking into a room of unkno... CHARLES F. GLASSMAN He doesn’t like making others uncomfortable.” -Helen to Sophia about Alistair ELIZABETH HOYT She leaned forward, her gaze so intense that Helen wanted to look away. “And I love him more for i... ELIZABETH HOYT The feeling that makes 'Warcraft' work as a game is that feeling that heroism can come out o... DUNCAN JONES There is a long history in country music of songs celebrating drinking and lamenting drinking. Count... CHET ATKINS Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his wit, or a knave for his ... HENRY FIELDING People don't dream all their lives of escaping the hellish countries they live in and pay their life... SEAN HANNITY The difference between stupid and intelligent people -- and this is true whether or not they are wel... NEAL STEPHENSON The first three will be in Artesia, Las Cruces and Socorro to get a feeling of the alfalfa growers a... DAN KLOSS If a great destruction occurs in Bangkok, then the country as a whole is also destroyed. In such a c... BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ What we know today is that children all over America have the right to learn-whether their ancestors... MARK PRYOR Meditation is to be aware of every thought and of every feeling, never to say it is right or wrong, ... JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI It's a wonderful feeling to work in a country where the government's first concern is for its people... BEN LINDER The whole point of a sacrifice is that you give up something you never really wanted in the first pl... JOHN OSBORNE A child's (or an adult's) nervous system may detect danger or a threat to life when the child enters... STEPHEN W. PORGES The men and women who serve this great nation, whether they are stationed in Iraq, Fort Riley, or th... KATHLEEN SEBELIUS As I've played for a wider variety of audiences, I've become more concerned with showing them a good... GAVIN DEGRAW Dear Non-American Black, when you make the choice to come to America, you become black. Stop arguing... CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE Government or politics in America today is big business. Everybody makes money involving themselves ... DOUGLAS WILDER No people require maxims so much as the American. The reason is obvious: the country is so vast, the... EDWARD DAHLBERG It's all to make people aware of violence and safety in the evenings, and the different things that ... ELIZABETH FRY Russia, France, Germany and China. They revere their writers. America is still a frontier country th... JAMES A. MICHENER Nell," the Constable continued, indicating through his tone of voice that the lesson was concluding,... NEAL STEPHENSON The world is very lucky to have America. It's got to be the first time in the whole history of t... BILL BRYSON
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EDWARD COOKE I did 'Echo Beach,' a surfing drama that meant I was often topless. Next came 'Demons,... CHRISTIAN COOKE They made good progress but the houses were no where near livable. COLLEEN COOKE How can the federal government feed its employees with catered meals and not feed the victims of Hur... COLLEEN COOKE They have all of these trailers down there, ready for people to live in, and yet no one can move in ... COLLEEN COOKE I believe the way to solve this dilemma is if you marry me, so I’ll always be close by.” <... LISA COOKE That's going to be a substantial change from old La Fox. You won't have stars. JAMES COOKE Nothing will be the same after this. We know that. That's why we're going to give it our all. JAMES COOKE Bedford was a motivated team. They wanted to even the scored and this was a perfect opportunity. Thi... IAN COOKE It would've been rough justice at the end if we would've won. A theft really. But you learn a lot fr... IAN COOKE It's amazing really. It just reminds you that you can't get hung up on wins and losses. It put every... IAN COOKE She's a cheerleader who came out for soccer, and she's very good. IAN COOKE Everybody is waiting to see what will happen on the North Shore. The Ipswich regularly goes dry, and... IAN COOKE I've never been a rocker, and I kind of hate punk rock, ... I grew up on ABBA and the Carpenters. Wh... IAN COOKE We've cleaned a lot of problems from failed sewers and septic tanks when the weather is dry, IAN COOKE Facebook has more than 1 billion members, which by population makes it the third largest country in ... PHIL COOKE They all got a chance to play, so that was a real positive. The younger girls got a chance to see wh... MICHELE COOKE They had a great match tonight. They played hard tonight and yes it was an excellent way for the sen... MICHELE COOKE I had a bit of a tough day [Tuesday] ... with my head hurting a bit from pressure. It's just somethi... MATT COOKE At this point, I'm just trying to see how it reacts after the ice. I have to make sure it doesn't fl... MATT COOKE Up until the other day I couldn't handle the pain caused by pressure in the skate. MATT COOKE Any time I can help chip in on the offensive side of the game, it's huge for us. Not just when I am ... MATT COOKE Everything else surrounding the game is pretty much put on by the media. We, as well as the Colorado... MATT COOKE I think it was really good that I was able to come second to a fast sprinter like Regina who had the... NICOLE COOKE A Change Is Gonna Come SAM COOKE "Take courage, soul!
Hold not thy strength in vain!
With faith o'ercome the steeps
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