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Quotes of the day from previous years:
By what strange law of mind is it that an idea long overlooked, and trodden under foot as a useless stone, suddenly sparkles out in new light, as a discovered diamond? |
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe ~ |
Each time I think I've made a connection with someone... once they find out what I can do, whether it's hours or days later, everything changes. Invariably they freak. They get retroactively paranoid, wondering what else Clark Kent is hiding from them. |
~ Mark Waid ~ in ~ Superman: Birthright ~ |
Because you cannot see him, God is everywhere. |
~ Yasunari Kawabata ~ |
What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that brings life within the circle of the heroic. |
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe ~ |
In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish. |
~ Donald Trump ~ |
I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct. |
~ Donald Trump ~ |
Our country is a mess right now and we don't have time to pretend otherwise. We don't have time to waste on being politically correct. |
~ Donald Trump ~ |
The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy. |
~ Donald Trump ~ |
I think I’ve done more for the black community than any other President — and let’s take a pass on Abraham Lincoln, because he did good — but although it’s always questionable — you know, in other words, the end result. |
~ Donald Trump ~ |
When we see the beauty of the snow, when we see the beauty of the full moon, when we see the beauty of the cherries in bloom, when in short we brush against and are awakened by the beauty of the four seasons, it is then that we think most of those close to us, and want them to share the pleasure. The excitement of beauty calls forth strong fellow feelings, yearnings for companionship, and the word "comrade" can be taken to mean "human being". |
~ Yasunari Kawabata ~ |
When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength. |
~ Donald Trump ~ |
In my administration, I'm going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law. |
~ Donald Trump ~ |
I made America great again, and I may have to do it again. |
~ Donald Trump ~ |
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O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, "Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!" There is no speech nor language where this voice is not heard; but the bold, bad man heard it not. He woke with an oath and a curse. What to him was the gold and purple, the daily miracle of morning! ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
In our zeal as revolutionists we try to move ahead as fast as possible, clearing the way, but knowing we must draw our sustenance from the mass and that it can advance more rapidly only if we inspire it by our example. ~ Che Guevara
Many things are possible. Few things are certain. ~ Harry Turtledove
The earth is alive. If it was not, it could not produce: If you find a piece of earth that is dead, you cannot produce anything from it, except you resurrect it and restore it to life. ~ Heber C. Kimball
How ever alienated one may be from the world, suicide is not a form of enlightenment. However admirable he may be, the man who commits suicide is far from the realm of the saint. ~ Yasunari Kawabata
Grab them by the pussy! ~ Donald Trump
If Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps, I would be dating her. ~ Donald Trump
When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. ~ Donald Trump
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