Roscoe Conkling Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Obeying instructions I should never dare to disregard, expressing, also, my own firm conviction, I rise in behalf of the State of New York to propose a nomination with which the country and the Republican party can grandly win.”
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“The companies we admire are like the people we admire: resilient, authentic, personable, collaborative, ambitious, and humble.”
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“When Dr. Johnson defined patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel, he ignored the enormous possibilities of the word reform.”
-- Roscoe Conkling
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“I'm from New York. I have a non, neutral accent. It can go any way you want.”
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Source : Ad Reinhardt, Barbara Rose (1991). “Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt”, p.24, Univ of California Press
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“New York, thy name is irreverence and hyperbole. And grandeur.”
Source : Ada Louise Huxtable (1976). “Kicked a building lately?”, Crown
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“It's Friday and I'm ready to swing. Pick up my girls and hit the party scene.”
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