"Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death."

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Stephen Ambrose

“Hearing Oscar Peterson was something that resonated within me. There are so many musicians I've been fortunate to play with. The people that inspire me are the people I play with.”
“I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win.”
“Your belief system saturates the space around you.”
“And I loved seeing that because they're great interesting cities in of themselves so I'm looking forward to actually being able to use it as itself instead of being a bad New York.”
“Investing is not a natural science but rather a social science. So, it's never purely empirical; what you are trying to do is everything you possibly can to enhance your probabilities of being right more often than being wrong.”
“In wheelchair sports, people thought athletes with disabilities were courageous and inspirational. They never give them credit for simply being competitive.”
“It was a kiss to level mountains and shake stars from the sky. It was a kiss to make angels faint and demons weep...a passionate, demanding, soul-searing kiss that nearly knocked the earth off its axis.”
“How narrow our souls become when absorbed in any present good or ill! It is only the thought of the future that makes them great.”

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