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Instead of confronting its real and difficult problems and grappling honestly with a dark past, Hungary embraced a reactionary government and a… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
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Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines him to bestow benefits upon the undeserving. It is a self-existent principle inherent… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
There was a while when I got really bad stage fright and I basically felt...I was incredibly angry. I felt like everything… — Jenny Slate Copy Share Image
The ideal of self-advancement which the civilizing west offers to backward populations brings with it the plague of individual frustration. All the… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
There's a simple way to look at gender: Once upon a time, someone drew a line in the sans of culture and… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
That's exactly how I felt. So getting to suddenly know this young [princess] Margaret, who had this extraordinary life - it was… — Vanessa Kirby Copy Share Image
The world has proclaimed the reign of freedom, especially of late, but what do we see in this freedom of theirs? Nothing… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
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Lying is common in social life, often done for benign purposes, seldom draws severe sanctions, and many of the most notable leaders,… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
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There will be outrage and disgust and people will turn on me at the last, they will hate me, my reputation will… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
It's odd to look out there and see a bunch of Mini-Mes," says Williams. "You're wondering what possessed them to do such… — Hayley Williams Copy Share Image
I am a supporter of much of the Arab Spring, as a matter of indigenous self-determination. So, I see the United States'… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
A chair's function is not just to provide a place to sit; it is to provide a medium for self-expression. Chairs are… — Evan Davis Copy Share Image
There are many reasons for keeping a diary: to make a note of facts that one considers important; to open one's heart,… — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
The overriding problems are brought on by the existence of the ego, a maladaptive behavioral complex in the psyche that gets going… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
“It is frightening to step off onto the treacherous footbridge leading to the second half of life. We can’t take everything with… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
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I want to quit. Not performing, but being a woman altogether. I want to throw my hands in the air, after reading… — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
In America, much foreign policy seems contrived to be an exercise in political theory with no attention to history whatsoever. Yet there's… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Prescription for Life-long Happiness: Purpose enough for satisfaction; Work enough for sustenance; Sanity enough to know when to play and rest; Wealth… — Ernie J Zelinski Copy Share Image
Prayer is a means of sharing the burden, which relieves pressure, as you tell your worries and concerns to someone who will… — Lucinda Bassett Copy Share Image
“reservation, n. There are times when I worry that I've already lost myself. That is, that my self is so inseparable from… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
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The supramental transformation, the supramental evolution must carry with it a lifting of mind, life and body out of themselves into a… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
Strong and rare natures are thus created; misery, almost always a stepmother, is sometimes a mother; privation gives birth to power of… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
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By a kind of happy pre-established harmony, such as a later age discovered between the needs of society and the self-interest of… — R. H. Tawney Copy Share Image
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To rail and rant against tyranny is to manifest inferiority, for there is no tyranny but ignorance; to be conscious of one's… — E.C. Riegel Copy Share Image
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To an age which has unashamedly sold itself to the gods of greed, pride, sex, and self-will, the church mumbles on about… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
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