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Quotes having the keyword Philadelphia
At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul of Thomas Jefferson passed on; and a few hours later John Adams entered into rest, with the name of his old friend upon his lips.
by Allen Johnson (Athlete, American , born in 1971) keywords: adams, again, bell, entered, few, fourth, friend, his, hours, into, jefferson, john, july, later, liberty, lips, message, name, noon, old, passed, philadelphia, rest, soul, sounding, thomas, upon , while My experience with the Junior League, when I worked in Philadelphia for four years in reference to children's things, is that whenever they were asked they responded. They always responded with sincerity, and they did a good job.
by C. Everett Koop (Public Servant, American , born in 1916) keywords: always, asked, children, did, experience, four, good, job, junior, league, philadelphia, reference, responded, sincerity, things, were, whenever, worked , years If you grow up in the South Bronx today or in south-central Los Angeles or Pittsburgh or Philadelphia, you quickly come to understand that you have been set apart and that there's no will in this society to bring you back into the mainstream.
by Jonathan Kozol (Writer, American , born in 1936) keywords: angeles, apart, back, been, bring, bronx, come, grow, into, los, mainstream, philadelphia, pittsburgh, quickly, set, society, south, today, understand, up , will When I read that the British army had landed thirty-two thousand troops - and I had realized, not very long before, that Philadelphia only had thirty thousand people in it - it practically lifted me out of my chair.
by David McCullough (Historian, American , born in 1933) keywords: army, before, british, chair, had, landed, lifted, long, only, out, philadelphia, practically, read, realized, thirty, thirty-two, thousand, troops , very I think we need to start with Philadelphia and make sure that we actually get some election reform in Philadelphia. Actually, a recent election was thrown out by a federal judge because of corruption with the voting process in Philadelphia.
by Patrick McHenry (Politician, American , born in 1975) keywords: actually, because, corruption, election, federal, get, judge, make, need, out, philadelphia, process, recent, reform, some, start, sure, think, thrown , voting Philadelphia reflected the national turmoil over race and the Vietnam War, often exploding on my watch.
by Andrea Mitchell (Journalist, American , born in 1946) keywords: exploding, national, often, over, philadelphia, race, reflected, turmoil, vietnam, war , watch But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it's where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the beginning. So, you know, fans have a lot of history, and they love their teams up here.
by Rafael Palmeiro (Athlete, Cuban , born in 1964) keywords: back, beginning, coast, east, fans, goes, here, history, just, know, lot, love, mainly, originated, philadelphia, teams, their, think, up , where But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward.
by Colin Powell (Statesman, American , born in 1937) keywords: arrive, compromise, compromises, consensus, constitution, country, did, forward, got, just, later, making, move, philadelphia, sooner, start, were , writing I represent the Port of Philadelphia, and I know firsthand the important role that ports play in the national and global economy. I have also seen how simple accidents can have devastating impacts on the port system.
by Allyson Schwartz (Politician, American , born in 1948) keywords: accidents, also, devastating, economy, firsthand, global, how, impacts, important, know, national, philadelphia, play, port, ports, represent, role, seen, simple , system My first recording, a guy came down to Philadelphia and heard me play and he introduced me to Alfred Lion.
by Jimmy Smithkeywords: alfred, came, down, first, guy, heard, introduced, lion, philadelphia, play , recording Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.
by Judith Viorst (Author, American , born in 1932) topics: Love keywords: accident, automobile, bracket, girdle, higher, holding, love, much, nicer, over, pattern, philadelphia, tax, than , tight John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is called Independence. It plays in Philadelphia, for free. It's been playing there for 25 years.
by Eli Wallach (Actor, American , born in 1915) keywords: been, called, did, films, free, good, him, how, independence, john, knew, make, master, philadelphia, playing, plays, superb, things, three , years New York is only 97 miles from Philadelphia but was the Big Time as no other American city has ever been.
by Ethel Waters (Musician, American , born in 1896) keywords: american, been, big, city, ever, miles, new, only, other, philadelphia, time , york Once I took a bus from my home in Maryland to Philadelphia to live on the streets with some musicians for a few weeks, and then my parents sent me to boarding school at Andover to shape me up.
by Olivia Wilde (Actor, American , born in 1984) keywords: boarding, bus, few, home, live, maryland, musicians, once, parents, philadelphia, school, sent, shape, some, streets, then, took, up , weeks Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey.
by Robert Anton Wilson (Writer, American , born in 1932) keywords: because, camden, dull, exciting, jersey, merely, new, next, philadelphia , seems In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a President for the first time.
by John Sergeant Wise (Author, American , born in 1846) keywords: annual, distinguished, first, had, honor, our, passing, philadelphia, president, return, through, time, visit, visiting, washington , year In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards it now.
by John Sergeant Wise (Author, American , born in 1846) keywords: abhorrence, days, even, feels, looked, now, philadelphia, quaker, shudder, slavery, those, towards , upon My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from Philadelphia.
by John Sergeant Wise (Author, American , born in 1846) keywords: congress, daughter, distinguished, hon, john, lawyer, many, mother, northern, philadelphia, representative, sergeant, woman , years
