"I do not intend to allow the Senate to rubber-stamp the president's plan to reward the Chinese Communists."

-- Jesse Helms

#Chinese Quotes #President Quotes #Rubber Quotes

“[On disagreeing with her husband about his slave-holding:] I cannot give my conscience into the keeping of another human being or submit the actions dictated by my conscience to their will.”
“An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty.”
“I would instill in my team an attitude of role modeling. We run to teach other people the value of physical activity. In all things, be humble and appreciative; hurt no one; help anyone you can.”

Source : Interview with Mick Grant, John Molvar, www.youthrunner.com. January 12, 2011.
“You had a lot of novice investors who got into the market looking for easy money, without any regard to the fundamentals. These stocks were running on fumes.”
“There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.”
“Ask yourself constantly "Am I treating my fellow citizens as I treat my mum?"”
“All the lessons learned, unlearned; The young, who learned to read, now blind Their eyes with an archaic film; The peasant relapses to a stumbling tune Following the donkey`s bray; These only remember to forget. But somewhere some word presses On the high door of a skull and in some corner Of an irrefrangible eye Some old man memory jumps to a child Spark from the days of energy. And the child hoards it like a bitter toy.”
“My mother was pretty strict. I hated it, but maybe it made me a bit more sensible.”

Source : "Mark Ronson: This charming man" by Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. May 29, 2010.

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