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Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#brave man #down #future #him #history

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#because #go #gone #him #i

I was already devouring literature and I was the ripe old age of 15 when I decided to be an actor. I just thought plays were the most fantastic way of expressing life. I thought I'd discovered Shakespeare - 'hey, there's a new guy in town, don't know if anyone's read him.' I was just excited about the whole thing, from day one. ↗

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

#actor #age #already #anyone #day

My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy. When I was 15 we had a fight, and I didn't speak to him for 10 years. ↗

— Larry Elder

#dad #equivalent #fight #guy #had

We hope President Obama will now respect the will of the people, change course, and commit to making the changes they are demanding. To the extent he is willing to do this, we are ready to work with him. ↗

— John Boehner

#changes #commit #course #demanding #extent

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. ↗

— George Eliot

#had #hear #him #like #risen

You cannot raise a man up by calling him down. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#cannot #down #him #man #raise

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise. ↗

— George Eliot

#him #make #man #mostly #sure

The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he must soon insert himself into it, in order to exist. He is the fine nervous flower of the bourgeoisie. ↗

— Louise Bogan

#bourgeoisie #class #exist #fine #flower

And Hale was devoted to President Kennedy, and there was some talk following the assassination that Hale had warned the President not to go to Dallas, and the connotation was that it would be physically dangerous for him to do so. ↗

— Lindy Boggs

#connotation #dallas #dangerous #devoted #following