"We have built no temple but the Capitol. We consult no common oracle but the Constitution."

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Source : Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown (1862). “Memoir. Lectures and addresses”, p.345

Rufus Choate

#Temples Quotes #Oracles Quotes #Common Quotes

“Your problem is not that you are too busy; your problem is that you don't own your situation.”

Source : Rory Vaden (2015). “Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time”, p.15, Penguin
“There is no slight danger from general ignorance; and the only choice which Providence has graciously left to a vicious government is either to fall by the people, if they are suffered to become enlightened, or with them, if they are kept enslaved and ignorant.”
“The majority of people pull for the underdog. Heck, even your friends don't like you to be too successful. We've lost enough over the years for me to maintain my friendships.”
“He frowned as he struggled to remember. It was like watching an elephant crochet.”

Source : Val McDermid (2010). “Kick Back (PI Kate Brannigan, Book 2)”, p.9, HarperCollins UK
“To get to play a bad person and do bad things in a safe environment like 'Arrow' was pretty amazing.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Vegetarianism that is me. I don't eat meat. It's been over 10 years. Actually it's been 11 and a half years and I feel good and I feel like I look good and I have energy& and you have to look at what you're putting in your body. I eat vegetables and I eat grain and I take care of myself and I don't think I look that bad, do I?”
“Much of the profession is empirically bankrupt because it is no longer taught economic history.”
“I'd choose truth over cake but I'd try to find a way to get both to be honest.”

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