"I speak on due consideration because Britain, France, and Mexico, have abolished slavery, and all other European states are preparing to abolish it as speedily as they can."

-- William H. Seward

#Slavery Quotes #France Quotes #Mexico Quotes

“Curiosity is the prime requisite of the novelist.”
“What I absolutely can't do is just sit around, that drives me crazy. I go nuts! I'm far too nervous, too high strung to sit around. It's not my thing; I can't deal with it!”
“Suspicion," he said. "Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He's a genius." "Starring Cary Grant." When Lucas gave me a look, I added, "You have your priorities, I have mine.”
“It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.”
“Peace is freedom in tranquility.”
“Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.”
“Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.”
“You know, heroes are ordinary people that have achieved extraordinary things in life.”

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