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When you think about Puritanism, you must begin by getting rid of the slang term 'Puritanism' as applied to Victorian religious hypocrisy. This does not apply to seventeenth-century Puritanism.

Leland Ryken

Photo Quote of A seventeenth-century house tends to be short on frills like hallways and closets; you must improvise.
A seventeenth-century house tends to be short on frills like hallways and closets; you must improvise.

John Updike

Photo Quote of Most Americans haven't had my happy experience of living for thirteen years in a seventeenth-century house, since most of America lacks seventeenth-century houses.
Most Americans haven't had my happy experience of living for thirteen years in a seventeenth-century house, since most of America lacks seventeenth-century houses.

John Updike

When you think about Puritanism, you must begin by getting rid of the slang term 'Puritanism' as applied to Victorian religious hypocrisy. This does not apply to seventeenth-century Puritanism.

Leland Ryken

A seventeenth-century house can be recognized by its steep roof, massive central chimney and utter porchlessness. Some of those houses have a second-story overhang, emphasizing their medieval look.

John Updike

The seventeenth-century baby slept, as his nineteenth-century descendant does, in a cradle. Nothing could be prettier than the old cradles that have survived successive years of use with many generations of babies. Alice Morse Earle

So many able historians have worked over seventeenth-century New England that one would think there was little left to be learned from the people who lived there - fewer than 100,000 at the end of the century. Seldom, apart perhaps from the Greeks and Romans, have so few been studied by so many. Edmund Morgan

Not having finished high school and having been fairly utilitarian in the way I went about college, I didn't have a deep liberal arts background. So we'd go to lunch and people would talk about their favorite seventeenth-century poets, and I'd be thinking, 'Could I even name five poets? From any century?' Joy Covey

Photo Quote of Puritanism was a youthful, vigorous movement.
Puritanism was a youthful, vigorous movement.

Leland Ryken

Photo Quote of Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

H. L. Mencken

Photo Quote of The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.
The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.

Joseph Wood Krutch

Photo Quote of One of the strongest features of Puritanism is its autobiographical tendency, its passionate self-regard.
One of the strongest features of Puritanism is its autobiographical tendency, its passionate self-regard.

Tom Paulin

Photo quote of Prostitution, although hounded, imprisoned, and chained, is nevertheless the greatest triumph of Puritanism. Prostitution, although hounded, imprisoned, and chained, is nevertheless the greatest triumph of Puritanism. Emma Goldman

Photo quote of There is more criticism of puritanism, and more distance from Christian morality, than there has been before. There is more criticism of puritanism, and more distance from Christian morality, than there has been before. Susie Bright

Photo quote of Political correctness means nothing to me. Nothing. It's the new Puritanism, darling. Preventing us from expressing ourselves. Political correctness means nothing to me. Nothing. It's the new Puritanism, darling. Preventing us from expressing ourselves. Barry Humphries

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Photo Quote of To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.
To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.

Stanislaus I

Photo Quote of Happiness lies so far from man, but he must begin by daring to will it.
Happiness lies so far from man, but he must begin by daring to will it.

Ellen Key

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You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.

David Viscott

Photo Quote of We must begin to shift the emphasis of teen-age pregnancy to teen-age boys.
We must begin to shift the emphasis of teen-age pregnancy to teen-age boys.

Gloria Steinem

Photo quote of To fly as fast as thought, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived. To fly as fast as thought, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived. Richard Bach

Photo quote of That sense of sacredness, that thinking in generations, must begin with reverence for this earth. That sense of sacredness, that thinking in generations, must begin with reverence for this earth. Paul Tsongas

Photo quote of Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top. Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top. Booker T. Washington

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Photo Quote of In the seventeenth year of my age my mother died.
In the seventeenth year of my age my mother died.

William Lilly

Photo Quote of The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry.
The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry.

David Hare

Photo Quote of A seventeenth-century house tends to be short on frills like hallways and closets; you must improvise.
A seventeenth-century house tends to be short on frills like hallways and closets; you must improvise.

John Updike

Photo Quote of The historic dearth of labor was perhaps the central feature of the American economy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
The historic dearth of labor was perhaps the central feature of the American economy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

H. W. Brands

Photo quote of Most Americans haven't had my happy experience of living for thirteen years in a seventeenth-century house, since most of America lacks seventeenth-century houses. Most Americans haven't had my happy experience of living for thirteen years in a seventeenth-century house, since most of America lacks seventeenth-century houses. John Updike

Photo quote of Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century. Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century. Bertrand Russell

Photo quote of I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England Historical Genealogical Library, where I'm trying to finish up tracing my lineage back to the seventeenth century. I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England Historical Genealogical Library, where I'm trying to finish up tracing my lineage back to the seventeenth century. Rick Moody

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Photo Quote of I write in American slang.
I write in American slang.

Norman Spinrad

Photo Quote of The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.
The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.

Anthony Burgess

Photo Quote of All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.
All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Photo Quote of In China, when you get to the airport everyone be talking in American slang.
In China, when you get to the airport everyone be talking in American slang.

Ike Turner

Photo quote of Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work. Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work. Carl Sandburg

Photo quote of It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of today. It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of today. Henry David Thoreau

Photo quote of I have always loved the fluidity of language - delighting in dialects, dictionaries, slang and neologisms. I have always loved the fluidity of language - delighting in dialects, dictionaries, slang and neologisms. Ben Schott

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Photo Quote of There is no such thing as getting rid of nervousness.
There is no such thing as getting rid of nervousness.

Itzhak Perlman

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The problem is not getting rid of fear, but using it properly.

Zig Ziglar

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In practice, getting rid of crony capitalism is incredibly difficult.

Chrystia Freeland

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Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

Ludwig Borne

Photo quote of Getting rid of all the world records would be a bit of a radical move. Getting rid of all the world records would be a bit of a radical move. Katarina Johnson-Thompson

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Photo Quote of I abhor hypocrisy.
I abhor hypocrisy.

Don Lemon

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I do not believe in hypocrisy.

Vijay Mallya

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There is so much hypocrisy in sports.

Dennis Rodman

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Hypocrisy is the outside of cynicism.

Mason Cooley

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Photo quote of Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation. Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation. Honore de Balzac

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Photo Quote of Victorian literature was my subject at Harvard.
Victorian literature was my subject at Harvard.

Margaret Atwood

Photo Quote of Victorian values meant brutalizing people who were often poor.
Victorian values meant brutalizing people who were often poor.

Charles Palliser

Photo Quote of I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.
I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.

Annie Lennox

Photo Quote of I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.
I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.

Freddie Mercury

Photo quote of I wouldn't mind being a fly on the wall in a few Victorian parlours. I wouldn't mind being a fly on the wall in a few Victorian parlours. Sarah Waters

Photo quote of I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater. I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater. Harold Prince

Photo quote of In the Victorian age, actors played Romeo until they were 60 or 70 years old. In the Victorian age, actors played Romeo until they were 60 or 70 years old. Roger Rees

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Photo Quote of Politics is applied biology.
Politics is applied biology.

Ernst Haeckel

Photo Quote of I applied to Yale, and I got in.
I applied to Yale, and I got in.

Mitch Leigh

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I applied for a job on 'Melody Maker' once.

Nick Hornby

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Medical physics is an applied area of physics.

John Cameron

Photo quote of I never met a Jesuit before I applied for the order. I never met a Jesuit before I applied for the order. Daniel Berrigan

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Photo quote of I applied to American Repertory School up at Harvard at got in. I applied to American Repertory School up at Harvard at got in. Ajay Naidu

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Photo Quote of As long as I can apply my craft, I'm happy.
As long as I can apply my craft, I'm happy.

Billy West

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Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism.

Taylor Swift

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The Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to corporations.

Al Franken

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One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Photo quote of Liability does apply with respect to the amount of the oil spill. Liability does apply with respect to the amount of the oil spill. Ken Salazar

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Photo quote of The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law. The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law. Sonia Sotomayor

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Get rid of debt now.

Suze Orman

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We can get rid of red tape.

Charlie Daniels

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We must get rid of all the guns.

Sarah Brady

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Obamacare. Get rid of it. Period.

Tim Scott

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Photo Quote of Broke is a Hollywood term!
Broke is a Hollywood term!

David Geffen

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I hate the term 'rom-com.'

Sandra Bullock

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Short term memory is not good.

Jim McMahon

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'Career' is not a musical term.

Simon Rattle

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I'm very religious.

Lance Bass

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I was never religious.

Chaz Bono

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I'm not a religious person.

Maurice Sendak

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I'm a religious broadcaster.

Pat Robertson

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Think off-center.

George Carlin

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Think and grow rich.

Napoleon Hill

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To live is to think.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I think I look okay.

Nicole Richie

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