I don't think it's aiming at gags, I think the humour is woven into it. It's part of how the characters operate… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I still couldn’t stop the sick feeling rising in my stomach. “This could be a disaster.” “How? If anyone even finds it—and… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Nobody would say the cowshed was heaven and nobody would say the inhuman torture of so many victims be called a revolution… — Ba Jin Copy Share Image
Adventure books are my personal favorites. 'The Endurance,' a story about Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctica expedition, or 'Into Thin Air,' Jon Krakauer's… — Dean Karnazes Copy Share Image
The revival of the Right is as extraordinary as it would be if the public had demanded dozens of new nuclear plants… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
It's not that Millennials don't believe some things are serious. We'll make 'It Gets Better' videos or perform comedy for disaster relief.… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Farms and ranches contend with much more than quarterly reports and profit margins - the weather can wreak havoc on their quality… — Ruben Hinojosa Copy Share Image
A morality that holds need as a claim, holds emptiness-non-existence-as its standard of value; it rewards an absence, a defect: weakness, inability,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Humanity is creating an extinction event that will make every war ever fought a footnote to history. We belong to the only… — Louie Psihoyos Copy Share Image
America's humanitarian concern for foreign victims of natural disasters or civil strife is being abused by President Bush when he extends legal… — Dan J. Stein Copy Share Image
So disasters come not singly; But as if they watched and waited, Scanning one another's motions, When the first descends, the others… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
I think that we see some cities that have developed living wage ordinances. I think that we see some efforts to actually… — Martha Minow Copy Share Image
He led the state through a budget crisis, natural disasters, and political turmoil, working across party lines for a better environment, election… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
If a certain country conducts uranium-related activities in a certain plant, the bombing of that plant is forbidden. If such a disaster… — Gholam Reza Aghazadeh Copy Share Image
“But oh, the perils of leadership in a species so anxious to be told what to do. How little they knew of… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
If you can wait, and not be tired by waiting ... if you can dream, and not make dreams your master; if… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
[Religion is a] primitive insurance against disaster. ... Originally religion was merely a function of the self-preservative instinct. Offer sacrifices to the… — Rose Macaulay Copy Share Image
Panic is rare, looting is essentially insignificant, people are not terrified and trampling each other to flee from a disaster scene, but… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
But by showing us live coverage of every bad thing happening everywhere in the world, cable news makes life seem like it's… — Gregg Easterbrook Copy Share Image
Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is the way… — Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel Copy Share Image
The disaster at the Bay of Pigs intensified Kennedy's doubts about listening to advisers from the CIA, the Pentagon, or the State… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Soon after a disaster passes, we tend to turn our eyes away and focus our resources on the day-to-day, rather than on… — Sheri Fink Copy Share Image
Increasingly gang violence and organized crime, together with climate change-driven natural disasters, are displacing more people as wars are fewer on the… — Jan Egeland Copy Share Image
My mom once told me that when I see tragic disasters and accidents that to look for the good. People are always… — Marisa Stein Copy Share Image
America has a history of political isolation and economic self-sufficiency; its citizens have tended to regard the rest of the world as… — Alison Lurie Copy Share Image
If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We have become a society that can't self-correct, that can't address its obvious problems, that can't pull out of its nosedive. And… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
Obamacare is a disaster. You have to remember, Obamacare doesn't work. So we are putting in a wonderful plan. It statutorily takes… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“If disaster, so be it, they said to themselves. There was nothing to be done except what could be done. The rest… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
The notion that aid can alleviate systemic poverty, and has done so, is a myth. Millions in Africa are poorer today because… — Dambisa Moyo Copy Share Image
All disasters stem from us. Why is there a war? Perhaps because now and then I might be inclined to snap at… — Etty Hillesum Copy Share Image
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011 was an immense tragedy that sparked a global response. The international community came forward… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
“What the fissure through which one sees disaster? The circle is unbroken; the harmony complete. Here is the central rhythm; here the… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
People are actually very good at being communists in the sense that they instantly abandon capitalism, that they love these relationships of… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
It seems that most of us could benefit from a brush with a near-fatal disaster to help us recognise the important things… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
America has the greatest reputation in the world for helping others whenever and wherever disaster strikes. Now, more than ever,it's important for… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
The most objective measurement we have is that the market actually valued the two split Ethereums more than it valued the one… — Roger Ver Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal will take care of themselves. Look after the courts of the poor, who stand… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
It is imperative that when thousands of selfless volunteers respond to those who have incurred the wrath of a natural disaster that… — Jon Porter Copy Share Image
One of the essential elements of government responsibility is to communicate effectively to the American people, especially in time of a potential… — Vito Fossella Copy Share Image
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