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“Franklin may . . . be considered one of the founding fathers of American democracy, since no democratic government can last long without conciliation and compromise.”
Source : Samuel Eliot Morison, Emily Morison Beck (1977). “Sailor Historian: The Best of Samuel Eliot Morison”
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“Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women and Irish Whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste.”
Source : Quoted in Bert Sugar, Book of Sports Quotes (1979)
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“So we have giant super-smart vipers who slithered in here, killed our people, opened the vault, stole something from it, and slithered out, undetected?†“Appears so.†“Okay. Just wanted to make sure it wasn’t something dangerous.”
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“I felt from time to time that shooting live music is the most purely cinematic thing you can do. Ideally, the cinema is becoming one with the music. There is little artifice involved. There's no acting. I love it.”
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“For every rapture there is a price and nothing is sustained forever. The path that destiny takes in the end leads to a balance of payments. No one remains overdrawn forever. Destiny's bank is inexorable, all accounts must balance.”
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“Henceforth the majesty of God revere;Fear Him, and you have nothing else to fear.”
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“This place is a dream. Only a sleeper considers it real. Then death comes like dawn, and you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief.”
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“As a singer, it's basic to preserve what I like to do, which is music, and also to remember my cradlesongs in Spanish.”
