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They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#betraying #bond #conscience #country #first

We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to return to the people. I came from them. I wish to be one of them again. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#came #draw #i #i came #i wish

You can't do a machine without knowing something about how it's going to work. As for the romantics, the costumes bored me and I don't enjoy doing period clothes. ↗

— Boris Vallejo

#bored #clothes #costumes #doing #enjoy

Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#any #deserve #does #dogs #house

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#any #direct #never #requires #right

In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#anything #consists #discharge #doing #duties

Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late. ↗

— Rita Coolidge

#back #bolt #burglar #by the time #chain

I think the challenges for me was to go into the studio with these incredible jazz players and come up to their level of excellence. That's always a challenge. ↗

— Rita Coolidge

#challenge #challenges #come #excellence #go

My grandmother passed at 104. She sang and wrote songs until she passed. ↗

— Rita Coolidge

#passed #sang #she #songs #until

I love all of it, thinking up the plots, getting to know the kids in the story, their parents, backyards, pizza toppings. ↗

— Caroline B. Cooney

#i #i love #kids #know #love