George Ticknor quotes
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“It does not seem to me as if I were living in the country in which I was born.”
-- George TicknorSource : George Ticknor (1877). “Life, Letters, and Journals”
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“God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.”
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“You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.”
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“Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.”
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“Yeah, I want to be liked, obviously. Everybody does.”
Source : "Milwaukee Talks: QB Aaron Rodgers, May 2008". Interview with Jason Wilde, onmilwaukee.com. May 23, 2008.
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“Every man is born an original, but sadly, most men die copies.”
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“I was born Muslim, my parents are Muslim, I am Bosnian. I cannot be anything else.”
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“Doing what you were born to do … That's the way to be happy.”
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“I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.”
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“Technology is anything that wasn't around when you were born.”
Source : "An Interview with Computing Pioneer Alan Kay". techland.time.com. April 02, 2013.
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