Bryan Quotes - Page 2

Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments - a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared.

William Jennings Bryan

Flags, Weight, Republic

Imperialism (Flag of an Empire), delivered 8 August 1900, Indianapolis, IN

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This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty - the cause of humanity.

William Jennings Bryan

Errors, Land, Humanity

Speech at the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, 1896, in 'The First Battle. A Story of the Campaign of 1896' (1896) vol. 1, ch. 10

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One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.

William Jennings Bryan

Believe, Miracle, Easy

John Thomas Scopes, William Jennings Bryan, Tennessee. County Court (Rhea Co.) (1971). “The world's most famous court trial: State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes; complete stenographic report of the court test of the Tennessee anti-evolution act at Dayton, July 10 to 21, 1925, including speeches and arguments of attorneys”, Da Capo Pr

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Evolution seems to close the heart to some of the plainest spiritual truths while it opens the mind to the wildest guesses advanced in the name of science.

William Jennings Bryan

Spiritual, Heart, Names

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My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.

William Jennings Bryan

People, Can Do, Depends

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My first memories of music were country music and Ronnie Milsap. Where I grew up, it was what you listened to. And anything else, you were somewhat out of place.

Luke Bryan

Country, Memories, Firsts

"Luke Bryan Reveals His Memorable Spring Breaks, Best Buds and a Celebrity Apprentice Freakout". Interview with Michael Bialas, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 7, 2012.

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I think the attraction to country music is the fans, the lure of the hardcore fan base.

Luke Bryan

Country, Thinking, Fans

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My thing is you just have to try to feel young and stay young. Obviously you get a little older, but I still want my music to be young. I don't want to sound like an old dad onstage, so you just have to write music that sounds young.

Luke Bryan

Dad, Writing, Trying

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From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.

Luke Bryan

Perseverance, Dad, Hard Work

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'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song.

Luke Bryan

Country, Song, Tailgates

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I always want to make an album that lets people immerse in it, kind of like you get caught up in a good movie.

Luke Bryan

People, Good Movie, Albums

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That's gotta be the one remaining constant - jeans have gotta be tight, baby.

Luke Bryan

Baby, Jeans, Constant

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You never take your fans for granted. You always appreciate them every show, night in, night out.

Luke Bryan

Night, Appreciate, Fans

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You want women to think of you in a sexy manner. It's all part of the business. It drives ticket sales. It's all a part of it.

Luke Bryan

Sexy, Thinking, Want

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American Idol allowed us to find Carrie Underwood.

Luke Bryan

Idols, American Idol, Carrie

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You know, if Kelly Clarkson wants to do country albums because that’s what inspires her, then let her do it. Look at Kanye West or Ludacris ... they aren’t rappin’ and cussin’ like they were on their first few albums, so what does that make them? It’s all in the eye of the beholder and the listener. We all use our outlet to grow ourself.

Luke Bryan

Country, Eye, Inspire

"Luke Bryan Laughs Off Country Music Stereotypes, Talks Growing Popularity Of Genre". Interview with Kari Friedlander, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 16, 2013.

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If I wake up one day and people tell me I'm not sexy, I'm not going to stop making good music and having fun. That 'sex symbol' thing is typically part of being in the limelight. You better be very talented in your music, but it's good to be nice to look at, I guess.

Luke Bryan

Sexy, Fun, Nice

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I rate Morrissey as one of the best lyricists in Britain. For me, he's up there with Bryan Ferry.

David Bowie

Britain, Rate, Ferry

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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When the history of this period is written, [William Jennings] Bryan will stand out as one of the most remarkable men of his generation and one of the biggest political men of our country.

William Howard Taft

Country, Men, Political

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Bryan - a great friend of mine, by the way - had a Neanderthal type of head, Burbank says. As to Riley, he has not even the oratorical skill of Bryan. The whole movement is based on the poor whites of the south.

Luther Burbank

Skills, Atheism, Neanderthals

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At the Royall Oake Taverne, I drank a sort of French wine called Ho Bryan, that hath a good and most particular taste that I never met with.

Samuel Pepys

Wine, Taste, Mets

Samuel Pepys (1876). “Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, Esq., F. R. S.: From His Ms. Cypher in the Pepysian Library, with a Life and Notes by Richard Lord Braybrooke. Deciphered, with Additional Notes, by Rev. Mynors Bright ...”, p.183

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I am the first to admit that I am no great orator or no person that got where I have gotten by any William Jennings Bryan technique.

Gerald R. Ford

Technique, Firsts, Rhetoric

Time Magazine Interview, February 2, 1976.

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I was the one who finally ended Daniel Bryan's career.

Sheamus

Careers

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A mate owned a Bryan Robson top. We were kicking about, and I asked if I could be Robbo for a while. My dad looked out and went ballistic. He wasn’t having his kid dragging the Gerrard name through the gutter. I thought we’d have to move!

Steven Gerrard

Dad, Moving, Kids

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As he was pummeled into one tight spot after another, emerging each time breathless and in amazed chagrin, Bryan flushed, with spots of anger in his cheeks. His whole body sagged. Before our very eyes, he became a beaten man.

E. Haldeman-Julius

Eye, Men, Atheism

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