"The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it."

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Source : Entry for March 9, 1774. "The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America". Book by William Gordon, Volume 1 p. 347, 1969.

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“I just want people to see my growth as an artist, and singer.”

Source : "Interview: Leon Bridges on love, life advice, and lyrics". Interview with Rose Riddell, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. February 29, 2016.
“Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.”
“Colonial governors and senior civil servants are not easy people to argue with, and I was not popular because of my criticism of the colonial service in Kenya.”
“I really don’t feel exclusiveMy ambition instead, perhaps because of my peasant-worker background, is to look at the world with others, not as an aristocratic intellectual.”
“If you can make the reader laugh he is apt to get careless and go on reading.”
“I want to be a guy who produces runs, who drives in runs, who can beat you with a single or can beat you with a home run, who's just a tough out.”
“I learned from both my parents that you had to be clever.”
“In the long-term, security comes from an asset you create or acquire, not a position in someone else's asset.”

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