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Quotes

26by people from here

Speech · Political speech

Eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty.

Andrew Jackson's Farewell Address · 1837

★ 6.3

I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

1997

★ 6.2

Speech · Political speech

There are no necessary evils in the government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favor alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing.

1832

★ 5.3

Interview · Magazine

I think the main thing a musician would like to do is to give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe. That's what music is to me-it's just another way of saying this is a big, beautiful universe we live in, that's been given to us, and here's an example of just how magnificent and encompassing it is. That’s what I would like to do. I think that’s one of the greatest things you can do in life, and we all try to do it in some way. The musician’s is through his music.

1962

★ 5.3

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Movies

2set or made here

Bull Durham

1988★ 4.8

Norma Rae

1979★ 4.1

Books

1set here

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

1861★ 6.8