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DANNY VERDUN WHEELER This game is over - dead as George Washington . We've got to keep moving on.
AMANI TOOMER Keep your head up and don't let anything get to you. Always keep good posture.
DANTE BICHETTE JR We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expect...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU We noticed that. But we've got to take care of this game (George Mason) first.
MAURICE AGER If we're going to take good care of our children, then we need to take good care of ourselves.
JENNIFER WEISS George loved people. He didn't care what they did. He was always fascinated by their minds.
GINGER DAVIS If we do not know how to take care of ourselves and to love ourselves, we cannot take care of the pe...
THICH NHAT HANH No matter how well we eat, sleep, or take care of ourselves, we can always be vulnerable to spinal c...
JOE RHEA As caretakers, we feel drained when caring for another, and in order to take care of someone else, w...
JENNA MORASCA In this time of war, and in memory of our fallen heroes, we must be mindful to do everything in our ...
SENATOR JOHN KERRY We were just trying to take care of ourselves at that point.
MARSHA LIENEMANN We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.
EDWARD GIBBON We need to take care of business against Wakefield to give ourselves a chance in the final. We can't...
GARY GIANCOLA It was a defensive struggle to the end. A pillow fight. We buckled to the pressure and didn't take c...
JOHN BRAHAM We are all suffering, but we have to do it to take care of ourselves.
BRANDON WHITING To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people's places, but to do that consists in a...
HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK Talking things into existence also take physical action by us. Quote for today" Words alone will not...
EDWARD KELLY II We need a Donald Trump more than we've ever needed anybody since George Washington.
BOBBY KNIGHT We hope to continue to have success within the program. For this to happen, we must each commit ours...
DON NEISE Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we're sc...
MICHELLE OBAMA We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE By taking good care of your posture now, you will enjoy and savor lifelong health benefits and beaut...
CINDY ANN PETERSON To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people's places, but to do that consists ...
HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK It was a must-win. We had to win the game, or we didn't give ourselves much of a chance. Now, we're ...
DARIN HARLEY We're 3-0, which still doesn't mean nothing. We need to keep on pushing. If we just keep on pushing,...
CHAD JOHNSON He is the purest figure in history. About George Washington
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE He is the purest figure in history. [About George Washington]
WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE You've gotta do things that make you happy. As women, we tend to give away a lot. We take care o...
JENNIFER LOPEZ We have to look at ourselves, ... The solution rests with us. We cant look to others to take care of...
ROBERT ATWELL Here you would know, and enjoy, what prosperity will way of Washington. For a thousand leagues hav...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN America has furnished to the world the character of Washington! And if our American institutions h...
DANIEL WEBSTER Washington--a fixed star in the firmament of great names, shining without twinkling or obscuration,...
DANIEL WEBSTER That name was a power to rally a nation in the hour of thick-thronging public disasters and calamit...
DANIEL WEBSTER That name descending with all time, spreading over the whole earth, and uttered in all the language...
DANIEL WEBSTER While Washington hath left His awful memory, A light for after times.
ROBERT SOUTHEY His work well done, the leader stepped aside Spurning a crown with more than kingly pride. Con...
JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE Oh, Washington! thou hero, patriot sage, Friend of all climes, and pride of every age!
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL The purely Great Whose soul no siren passion could unsphere, Thou nameless, now a power and mi...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL This is the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birthday of Washington. We are met to celebra...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen.
GEN. HENRY LEE First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his fellow citizens.
GEN. HENRY LEE A nobleness to try for, A name to live and die for.
GEORGE PARSONS LATHROP Since ancient Time began, Ever on some great soul God laid an infinite burden-- The weight of ...
RICHARD WATSON GILDER O Washington! thrice glorious name, What due rewards can man decree-- Empires are far below t...
PHILIP FRENEAU There's a star in the West that shall never go down Till the records of Valour decay, We must ...
ELIZA COOK Where may the wearied eye repose, When gazing on the Great; Where neither guilty glory glows, ...
LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) While Washington's a watchword, such as ne'er Shall sink while there's an echo left to air.
LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) Simple and brave, his faith awoke Ploughmen to struggle with their fate; Armies won battles wh...
ROBERT BRIDGES ("DROCH") Our common Father and Deliverer, to whose prudence, wisdom and valour we owe our Peace, Liberty and...
UNATTRIBUTED AUTHOR Every countenance seeked to say, "Long live George Washington, the Father of the People."
UNATTRIBUTED AUTHOR The defender of his country--the founder of liberty, The friend of man, History and tradition ...
UNATTRIBUTED AUTHOR 'Twas his ambition, generous and great A life to life's great end to consecrate.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Were an energetic and judicious system to be proposed with your signature it would be a circumstanc...
HENRY KNOX The character, the counsels, and example of our Washington . . . they will guide us through the dou...
EDWARD EVERETT We must take action now, by permitting re-importation, to ensure that health care and prescription d...
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON We remain convinced that this is the best defensive posture to adopt in order to minimize casualties...
CHARLES STROSS Take care of your life force and always keep it streaming. Always be active and creative, and never ...
SUZY KASSEM We need to take care of the little things. It's the same things we prided ourselves on last year.
JOE KNOWLTON Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquill...
ALEXANDER HAMILTON And they also initiated inspections on the establishments as a form of coercion, to allow the money ...
ED KUBO We need to take care of the ball. From what we've seen, their press can cause a lot of turnovers. We...
SHONA THORBURN We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER We have a monument here for the greatest troublemakers of our history -- Thomas Jefferson and George...
DANA ROHRABACHER I take care of my things. After all, those of us as has few things to begin with must take care, les...
ERICA EISDORFER We always prided ourselves in being a fraternity that did not take just one kind of kids.
JASON KASSOY Defense was key to the section. You look at Washington and all their success. A lot of it has to do ...
ED GOETZ My mom always canned, and she taught us to take care of ourselves. She taught us everything from can...
DAVID HAYDEN I'm a Vermonter. I live in Vermont. We have to take care of our own people. We have to figure out ho...
DAN BRUSH The Fever Bird

The fever bird sand out last night.
I could not sleep, try as I might...
VIKRAM SETH I wanted the girls to push up, but we got back in a defensive posture. That took it away from us. It...
DENNIS LINDSAY I know why we try to keep the dead alive: we try to keep them alive in order to keep them with us. I...
JOAN DIDION If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
LOUIS D. BRANDEIS See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be
E. LOCKHART In order to de-Anglicize ourselves, we must at once arrest the decay of the language. We must teach ...
DOUGLAS HYDE We had a ton of opportunities but were unable to score. Toledo played a great game, but we beat ours...
KRYSTAL KENNARD We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win.
EDWARD GIBBON We put ourselves in excellent position but now we need some help. We have to take care of business t...
BO CHEESMAN We must expect to fail... but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and ...
TED ENGSTROM We must expect to fail... but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and ...
TED W. ENGSTROM It is inexcusable that the richest country in the world does not take care of all of its people. We ...
PATCH ADAMS There has been a sense that Latin America can take care of itself, but Washington needs to start rep...
MICHAEL SHIFTER We kind of took ourselves out of the driver's seat (with a loss Tuesday) and today we put ourselves ...
BRET MEULI Children are our future we must take care of them with maximum effort.
NAOMI CAMPBELL We've put ourselves in the driver's seat, now we've just gotta take care of business.
BILL RUSSELL There's a good chance we'll see them again. We just need to take care of ourselves and hope for a ch...
DON OLSEN When George Washington was elected president, there was no national vote.
BEN NELSON The competent commanders must find the means of keeping order not by demanding more security forces ...
ALFRED JODL We didn't play our best ball tonight. But at this point in the season we will take the win. We got o...
CAROLYN JACKSON We improve ourselves by victory over our self. There must be contests, and you must win.
EDWARD GIBBON We must recognize ourselves in others before we can acknowledge otherness in ourselves.
BRITTNIE BALLARD We have to look at ourselves, ... The solution rests with us. We canâ€â„Â...
ROBERT ATWELL I was always told to take care of your shortstop. Communicate and take care of him.
JUNIOR SPIVEY We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of.
GERHARD SCHROEDER Memes can be visual. Our image of George Washington is a meme. We don't actually have any idea w...
JAMES GLEICK We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake . . . by an infinite expectation of the dawn, whi...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU Sympathy is why when a man is getting mugged, you let him keep his shirt after you take his life. Fu...
BAUVARD The public must remain vigilant, we must continue to take care to deal with these kinds of appalling...
GEOFF HOON We must think of ourselves as a tribe — as an international community that has come together with ...
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GEORGE WASHINGTON I don't think it's a match-up problem. We have two of the best players around. We just didn't execut...
GEORGE WASHINGTON In the second half, we were down and we couldn't get back up.
GEORGE WASHINGTON Unless there's a judge somewhere who is just dying for a case like this, I think it will be put to a...
GEORGE WASHINGTON It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in t...
GEORGE WASHINGTON I am sure that never was a people, who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine interposition in thei...
GEORGE WASHINGTON In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude
GEORGE WASHINGTON May the Father of All Mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths; and, make us in all o...
GEORGE WASHINGTON Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adop...
GEORGE WASHINGTON Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, mor...
GEORGE WASHINGTON The Eyes of all our Countrymen are now upon us, and we shall have their blessings, and praises, if h...
GEORGE WASHINGTON Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness
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