"Blot out from the page of history the names of all the great actors of his time in the drama of nations, and preserve the name of Washington, and the century would be renowned."

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Source : Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1910). “Oration and memorial addresses”

Chauncey Depew

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“I don't get sick of being naked, but the added pressure is staying in really good shape, because naked shape is a different kind of shape than just regular TV shape. Regular, having-your-clothes-on TV shape is intense, but naked TV shape is, I mean, you really have to watch what you eat.”
“I think it's absolutely fascinating that in Berlin the parliament can discuss actively the role of their soldiers in Afghanistan because is it still possible, literally, for a German soldier to take up arms.”
“He is called the horse”
“Like all lawyers, I was delighted by gratitude. It happened so rarely.”

Source : C. J. Sansom (2008). “Revelation”, p.180, Pan Macmillan
“The balance between confidence and humility is best learned through extensive experience and mistakes.”
“A man's got to keep company a long time, and come early and stay late and sit close, before he can get a girl or a job worth having.”
“I grew up as a part of the team that helped to field M-1s and M-60-A3s to the army back in 1980s.”
“Stand-up is like a row boat: it's fun and romantic when you're choosing to do it. But if you have no other choice than to be in a row boat it's not as enjoyable; that's survival.”

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