I've done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
Since the 1920s, when some U.S. cruise ships decided to fly a Panamanian flag to avoid Prohibition regulations, ships have commonly flown… — Rose George Copy Share Image
Whatever brief delights it provides, mere strangeness in poetry and prose eventually leaves us cold, especially when we suspect the writer is… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
On the practice green, I hit a lot of four-footers with my right hand only. But whatever grip I'm using, you can… — Louis Oosthuizen Copy Share Image
When it comes to storytelling, not taking risks is riskier than swinging for the fences. I have very simple ambitions when it… — David Nevins Copy Share Image
Obedience opens the door to the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost. And the spiritual gifts and abilities activated by the power… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Tell people that biology and the environment cause obesity and they are offered the one thing we have to avoid: an excuse.… — Andrew Lansley Copy Share Image
California's Depression-era lawmakers, who created our sales, use and personal income tax laws, thought it was wrong to double-tax goods and services.… — Michelle Steel Copy Share Image
If you think about photo sharing sites, the mobile photo sharing and social, there's no competitive advantage, there's no obvious business model,… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
If there's one thing I'm not going to apologise for as the leader of the Liberal Democrats in government after 60 or… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
At the start of the season, there are 16 teams in the top division looking behind them, making sure they avoid relegation.… — George Best Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the food industry has not yet faced this situation and begun taking measures to avoid exploiting our weakness for not knowing… — Marvin Harris Copy Share Image
From 1994 to 1997, I did nothing. I slept and slept and slept. If I was awake, I had to deal with… — Jonathan Knight Copy Share Image
I was rather a poor student, too easily distracted - did a lot of gazing out of windows, fine for training to… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Elmcrest CC, in Cedar Rapids, is where it all started when I was growing up. The tree-lined course has a very demanding… — Zach Johnson Copy Share Image
King would certainly be overjoyed by Barack Obama's inauguration, but we must avoid, and indeed reject, any careless claims that Obama's swearing… — David Garrow Copy Share Image
Regarding Syria, we already call for dialogue between Syria and all parties concerned, in order to avoid any kind of escalation in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I can't go spicy. It's just not in my taste buds. So I'll avoid the jalapenos, but I'll go cheese - and… — Josh Rosen Copy Share Image
You have to avoid caricature, at the one end of the spectrum, and sentimentality, at the other; which is not to say… — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
I never count calories. Counting calories is stressful and intimidating, so I avoid it! I know that if I'm eating something that's… — Venus Williams Copy Share Image
I adore my houses - they're my refuge - but I detest more and more Saint-Tropez where it's impossible to live: invaded… — Brigitte Bardot Copy Share Image
I always try to avoid looking at the section where my books would be shelved, but I do know that my most… — Susan Choi Copy Share Image
“To ‘pretend’ is to say that I’m willing to waste the precious energy that it takes to pretend, and I’m unwilling to… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Going to a movie so you won't be offended is like eating potato chips made with Olestra; you avoid the dangers of… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Like many modern poets, I tend to conceal rhymes by placing them in the middle of lines, and to avoid immediate alliteration… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
