- Society
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- Nov 07, 2020
Us Quotes
What connects us, from global trade to family memory.
These quotes look at 'us' on very different scales, from once-hostile nations now trading with the world to a shared human truth that everyone carries some private struggle. For quotes about closeness between people, see Connection quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Give
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need somebody to give us a chance.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was possessed with a wonderful example of my Italian American family. They would come over and join us every Sunday, all my aunts and uncles and nephews and nieces, and I would sing for them.
- Nov 07, 2020
Many of us are more capable than some of us... but none of us is as capable as all of us!
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as its accomplice.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like most kids, my dad played. He would drag us out to the course and make us shag balls for him and caddy and all that kind of stuff.
- Nov 07, 2020
Before the Beatles could give us 'The White Album', they had to achieve disorienting success.
- Lord
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Lord gave us Ten Commandments, but the bill before the House today gives us 39.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My sister and I both benefited hugely from the great security that our parents had given us, and then we went off and squandered it all rushing around in showbiz.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
While President Bush's tax give-aways for the rich are pushing us further into debt, he compensates by increasing the out-of-pocket costs to our veterans.
- Heroes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of kings - stories that taught us of the danger of hubris and the primacy of humility.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think that monogamy is artificial. I do not think it's something that comes naturally to us.
- Nov 07, 2020
Congress did the right thing with Ebola. They funded us to protect Americans and keep us safer.
- Open
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- Nov 07, 2020
I met my wife in Washington, D.C. I was a senior in college. WW II was about to descend upon us. Jobs were starting to open up after a prolonged depression.
- Edge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Probably what pushed the Russians over the edge was SDI. They realized they couldn't beat us.
- Nov 07, 2020