My hapless peers with their lofty dreams--how I envy and despise them! I'm with the others, the even more hapless, who have… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Real music will make you more and more refined. It will become more and more silent. In fact, real music will help… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Today Im Playing the cards Im dealt. For me that means Praying only for his will for me and the power to… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
Well, nobody's being deported - nobody - practically. And so what the people down there getting is the American government is telling… — Mark Krikorian Copy Share Image
As the days went on, I didn't mind the games. In fact, I looked forward to them. That was the easiest part… — Al Kaline Copy Share Image
Dickens didn't have access to any other epistemologies other than those prevailing in Britain. But a novelist today cannot plausibly claim ignorance… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
When reading about what may be described as the lesser celebrated heroic figures of the Harlem Renaissance, we rarely get a definitive… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
Who of us would not be glad to lift the veil behind which the future lies hidden; to cast a glance at… — David Hilbert Copy Share Image
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When you're working opposite Halle Berry, you're going to get a lot. So you have to give a lot. That said, what… — Benjamin Bratt Copy Share Image
I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear - the negative emotions. Those are… — Arthur L. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
Genres have a history and impose a historical character upon the writer. What is interesting in the poem involves a certain kind… — Vijay Seshadri Copy Share Image
She turned to Frizz. "So you understand the problem? You can't let Tally know about Radical Honesty. There's no telling what she'll… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Desperation precludes reflection. That is one of the reasons why smart people can get involved in very obviously unworkable relationships. Like addiction,… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
You must find some way to elevate your act of writing into an entertainment. Usually this means giving the reader an enjoyable… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Dictatorial regimes often manage to keep themselves in power because they are recognized by foreigners as representing the state and its people,… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
He was a thorough good sort; a bit limited; a bit thick in the head; yes; but a thorough good sort. Whatever… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Social Security, a critically important, great program which does serve as the cornerstone of support for senior citizens, now faces challenges that… — Bill Frist Copy Share Image
Obama's gonna play Santa Claus with the minimum wage. He's got no successes to brag about. He cannot talk about a robust… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is very difficult for people to believe the simple fact that every persecutor was once a victim. Yet it should be… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
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Truth is not always in a well. In fact, as regards the more important knowledge, I do believe that she is invariably… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
No theory ever agrees with all the facts in its domain, yet it is not always the theory that is to blame.… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
“The asylum, and later the national health service, warehoused thousands of patients made mad by the intrusions of a sexual predator. But… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
Disregard appearances, conditions, in fact all evidence of your senses that deny the fulfillment of your desire. Rest in the assumption that… — Neville Goddard Copy Share Image
If you have put your faith in Christ and have spent significant time in the Word of God, the tough times can… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
The fact that some former national security officials challenge the policy wisdom of the order, while other national security officials - most… — David B. Rivkin Copy Share Image
The truth is that once you get down on the trading floor, you find that the traders come from all walks of… — Linda Bradford Raschke Copy Share Image
This was nonsense, he thought. The need of her was a physical thing, like the thirsty of a sailor becalmed for weeks… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Rumors are like lightning on summer tinder, producing flames that dance in flickering brilliance from person to person, sometimes flaring in great… — Stephen Leigh Copy Share Image
Almost all systems of economic thought are premised on the idea of continued economic growth, which would be fine and dandy if… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
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Shakespeare scholars just sigh and consign the book to the great pantheon of revelations .. I am accustomed to fanatics who get… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I've never watched Trainspotting. I just know it's a very critically acclaimed film. In fact, I've never watched any of Danny's movies… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
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Outstanding past work in photography, and in fact in all the arts, is very important to today's photographers. But it should be… — Alexey Brodovitch Copy Share Image
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