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Charles James Fox

"So fully am I impressed with the vast importance and necessity of attaining what will be the object of my motion this night, that if, during the almost forty years that I have had the honour of a seat in parliament, I had been so fortunate as to accomplish that, and that only, I should think I had done enough, and could retire from public life with comfort, and the conscious satisfaction, that I had done my duty."

Source : Charles James Fox (1815). “The speeches of the right honourable Charles James Fox, in the House of Commons”, p.659

Charles James Fox

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“After love, the man sleeps, while the woman reflects.”
“Teenage girls, please donâ€™t worry about being super popular in high school, or being the best actress in high school, or the best athlete. Not only do people not care about any of that the second you graduate, but when you get older, if you reference your successes in high school too much, it actually makes you look kind of pitiful, like some babbling old Tennessee Williams character with nothing else going on in her current life. What Iâ€™ve noticed is that almost no one who was a big star in high school is also big star later in life. For us overlooked kids, itâ€™s so wonderfully fair.”
“My work has changed my life. My work has saved my life. My life has changed my work.”
“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.”
“You want everyone to be great and funny. I'm not saying I'm great, but I'm funny.”

Source : Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. December 29, 2010.
“Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions of people.”
“This is happening all over the world. It's not just this golf course. Hopefully, if it stays dry, it will let a few more people in (contention). If it gets wet, though, there's only a few people where it's attainable.”
“As the leader, part of the job is to be visible and willing to communicate with everyone”

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