Quote by John Burns
The Thames is liquid history. - John Burns

The Thames is liquid history. – John Burns

Other quotes by John Burns

In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience. – John Burns

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Courage
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You come before me this morning with clean hands and clean collars. I want you to have clean tongues, clean manners, clean morals and clean characters. – John Burns

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Morning
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I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is not in their power to help themselves. – John Burns

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Sympathy
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Other Quotes from
History
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The United States is the only power in history that became great by giving and not by taking. I think the crisis was when the United States had more money than ideas. Money doesnt produce money. Ideas produce money. – Shimon Peres

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History

I dont know the history of my sport. Im not like those people who know everything. – Usain Bolt

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History

Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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History

De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history. – Aldous Huxley

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History

Random Quotes

I finish so many books its amazing. Im also doing Rosetta Stone, learning some French. – Kellan Lutz

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amazing

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it. – William James

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Leadership

I love Nautilus and stretching. The results are immediate, and that gives me the motivation to continue. – Donna Dixon

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fitness

Our genes make us immortal. – The Secret of Life, PBS

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Children