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Ambrose Inspirational Quotes (1077)

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NOMINATE, v. To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the mudgobbling and deadcatting of the opposition.
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True, man does not know woman. But neither does woman.
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PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment, following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment. He is sometimes learned, frequently prosperous, commonly clean and always solemn.
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IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes to be considered wrong, wicked, immoral.
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Achievement the death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.
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IMPOSTOR n. A rival aspirant to public honors.
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Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.
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It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.
Stephen Ambrose
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ARSENIC, n. A kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn.
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We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.
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Convictions are variable to be always consistent is to be sometimes dishonest.
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COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power.
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Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.
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There are three things in this world that will survive a nuclear explosion: Twinkies, cockroaches and Dean Ambroses.
Dean Ambrose
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The palmist looks at the wrinkles made by closing the hand and says they signify character. The philosopher reads character by what the hand most loves to close upon.
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Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.
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I thought Nixon was the worst President we had ever had, save only perhaps Andrew Johnson.
Stephen Ambrose
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ORPHAN, n. A living person whom death has deprived of the power of filial ingratitude . . .
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NOUMENON, n. That which exists, as distinguished from that which merely seems to exist, the latter being a phenomenon. The noumenon is a bit difficult to locate it can be apprehended only by a process of reasoning - which is a phenomenon.
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Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized.
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Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first President by unanimous choice.
Stephen Ambrose
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KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a crowned head, although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.
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To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that you do not understand.
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Habit: A shackle for the free.
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