- Pieces
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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
- Inspiration
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a little younger than these guys, but I would say all of us are huge fans of the original 'MacGyver' series, and obviously we found that inspiration for the original pitch for 'MacGruber.'
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need music that makes complete sense to us, and that's how 'Mess' came about.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cancer is such a wake-up call to remind us how high the cosmic stakes really are and how short and brief and frail life really is.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents taught us to live within our means. It's time to force Washington to do the same.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
Andy Paley got us a show opening for his band at an outdoor show at Simmon's College, on a Friday.
- Science
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- Nov 07, 2020
Science will explain how but not why. It talks about what is, not what ought to be. Science is descriptive, not prescriptive; it can tell us about causes but it cannot tell us about purposes. Indeed, science disavows purposes.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems entirely possible to me that horrible things can be going on without us becoming horrible people.
- Emphasize
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- Nov 07, 2020
I emphasize teachers because they are largely left out of the debate. None of the bombastic reports that come from Washington and think tanks telling us what needs to be 'fixed' - I hate such a mechanistic word, as if our schools were automobile engines - ever asks the opinions of teachers.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
In politics almost all of us are nerds, so that's just a given... but we're cool nerds.
- Slavery
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not to discontinue our allegiance, in this case, would be to join with the sovereign in promoting the slavery and misery of that society, the welfare of which, we ourselves, as well as our sovereign, are indispensably obliged to secure and promote, as far as in us lies.
- Nov 07, 2020
But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let us prize our freedom; but not use our liberty for a cloak of maliciousness.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mint julep may be sacred in the South, but so is college football, and that doesn't stop us from enjoying it.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
If everything is disposable or recyclable, how does that make us feel about ourselves and each other?
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020