"I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too."

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Josephine Baker

#Country Quotes #America Quotes #Devil Quotes

“My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before her marriage.”
“I am naturally fond of adventure, a little ambitious, and a good deal romantic - but patriotism was the true secret of my success.”
“I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling national security case on Libya.”
“A nation that kills its own children has no future.”
“A man who is all theory is like "a rudderless ship on a shoreless sea." ... Theories and speculations may be indulged in with safety only as long as they are based on facts that we can go back to at all times and know that we are on solid ground.”

Source : Elisha Gray (1899). “Nature's Miracles: Familiar Talks on Science”, W. Briggs ; Montreal : C.W. Coates ; Halifax : S.F. Huestis, [19--?]
“Randy Newman seemed like an even worse singer than me. I liked Ray Charles, Levi Stubbs, Jack Jones, Joe Tex, Wilson Pickett.”
“Casting out devils is mere juggling; they never cast out any but what they first cast in.”
“Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books”

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