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I could have spoken from Rhode Island where I have been staying ... But I felt that, in speaking from the house of Lincoln, of Jackson, and of Wilson, my words would better convey both the sadness I feel in the action I was compelled today to make and the firmness with which I intend to pursue this course until the orders of the federal court at Little Rock can be executed without unlawful interference. (On sending troops to enforce integration in Little Rock AR High School) – Dwight D Eisenhower
I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments. – Nathaniel Emmons
I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on. – Roosevelt, Eleanor
I could not lose unless I was caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy. – Mark Duffy
I could not say I believe. I know! I have had the experience of being gripped by something that is stronger than myself, something that people call God. – Carl Jung
I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiousity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. – Roosevelt, Eleanor
I could prove God statistically. – George Gallup
I couldn't say who I am, I haven't the remotest notion of myself I am someone without antecedents, without a history, without a country, and on that I insist – Peter Handke
I couldn't wait for success, so I went on ahead without it. – Jonathan Winters
I count him braver who conquers his desires than him who conquers his enemies for the hardest victort is the victory over self. – Aristotle
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies. – Aristotle
I criticize by creation - not by finding fault. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice. – W. Somerset Maugham
I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow. If I fail, if I succeed, at least I'll live as I believe. – Whitney Houston, The Greatest Love Of All
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. – Socrates
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled [poets] to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. – Socrates, In "Apology," sct. 21, by Plato.
I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong. – Elizabeth II
I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand. – Susan B. Anthony
I defended this country as a young man, and I will defend it as president. – John Kerry, speech in New York, August 24, 2004
I define comfort as self-acceptance. When we finally learn that self-care begins and ends with ourselves, we no longer demand sustenance and happiness from others. – Jennifer Louden
I define joy as a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace - a connection to what matters. – Oprah Winfrey
I definitely believe in God. How can you look at anything and not be overwhelmed by the miraculousness of it? – Chris Martin, Rolling Stone Magazine
I delight in men over seventy. They always offer one the devotion of a lifetime. – Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
I demand more of myself than anyone else could ever expect. – Julius Irving
I derive no pleasure from talking with a young woman simply because she has regular features. – Henry David Thoreau

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