"No man will ever be president of the United States who spells Negro with two g's."

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Source : William H. Seward's retort to Stephen A. Douglas on the Senate floor after the Illinois senator used an offensive slur in a speech, as quoted in Doris Kearns Goodwin "Team of Rivals" (p. 163), October 25, 2005.

William H. Seward

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“The moral issues with which Marcus struggles would be, as he points out, unchanged whether the universe were mechanical and devoid of meaning or value or ruled by deity or Providence; whether the will were in fact free or determined; whether there were or were not a future life, or any even fugitive rewards and punishments at all.”
“I am struck the whole litany of people, especially of that era, who were involved in some scandal or another. Some of it was sexual. Some of it was more financial. And it was just all concentrated in a lot of people all at once.”
“I know my sound, and I have to be true to who I am as an artist, even though I want be real cool, and make really cool music.”
“At the White House, everybody works for the same person. They're all part of the same company. But on Capitol Hill, they're all independent contractors. They all work for themselves. That's a formula for getting news.”
“Well, I've ruffled a few feathers at all the institutions I've led. But I think that's part of leadership.”
“My advice to this investor is the same that I give to the young investors in my classes Devote the same earnest attention to investing that $50,000 as you devoted to earning it.”
“None of us have much idea where we are. Perhaps all our lives are too concerned with where, and not enough with who.”

Source : Catherine Fisher (2011). “Incarceron”, p.314, Penguin
“I feel most at home in the water. I disappear. That's where I belong.”

Source : "Interview Michael Phelps" by Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2004.

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