- Alexander Hamilton
(01/11/1755 – 07/11/1804)
US founding father
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"Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal."
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"Life is, I think, a blunder and a shame."
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"True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my time is today."
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"The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opportunity to earn a living."
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| "Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage." |
| "Don't worry about it, son. I just like to shake 'em up." |  |
| "One of the grotesqueries of present-day American life is the amount of reasoning that goes into displaying the wisdom secreted in bad movies while proving that modern art is meaningless." |
| "Money costs too much." |  |
"Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult."
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"In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion."
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"Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor."
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