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The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In our national discourse and in pursuing our national agenda, we must never leave anyone behind. We must reach out to the… — Najib Razak Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as defeat except when it comes from within. As long as a person doesn't admit he is… — Darrell Royal Copy Share Image
Back when I was in high school, I came out onstage with my guitar and had four guys playing behind me. We… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
In the desert, the two primary elements are stone and water. Stone comes in abundance, exposed by weathering and a lack of… — Craig Childs Copy Share Image
I had a long talk with Bruce Springsteen on a rooftop during the Vote for Change tour (in 2004). And it boiled… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
You get to the point where you have to wash the dishes. That's the fun in life. Being behind the scenes and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
And then there came the pounding of another drum, as if another giant were coming yards behind him, and each giant, intent… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
The great piano virtuoso Paderewski was once playing before an audience of the rich and the royal. After a brilliant performance, an… — Eric Butterworth Copy Share Image
The job has its grandeurs, yes. There is the exultation of arriving safely after a storm, the joy of gliding down out… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Sociologists and historians have avoided looking for the family sources of wars and social violence. Whenever a group produces murderers, the early… — Lloyd deMause Copy Share Image
I wish I could tell you about the South Pacific. The way it actually was. The endless ocean. The infinite specks of… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
A salaried job trains us to be "right" all the time and induces an entitlement mentality. This is because we get paid… — Eben Pagan Copy Share Image
She looked at him then, but his image blurred behind tears that swelled into her eyes. She must leave. She must leave… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
So Nemerov showed us this picture, which is of Apollo flaying Marcius. You don't think of Apollo as being the sort of… — Larkin Grimm Copy Share Image
Liberals don't want any part of Canada left behind. I used to give speeches on and on and on about the fact… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Maddy: "Um…William?" she said, driving up the narrow dirt road. "Is there a particular reason you keep a sword behind your backseat?"… — Janet Chapman Copy Share Image
We are not familiar with losing, and that is one thing we stress in this locker room: Dont get familiar with losing,… — Donald Driver Copy Share Image
Maybe we should always show pictures. Bin Laden, pictures of our wounded service people, pictures of maimed innocent civilians. We can only… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
If we can forgive what’s been done to us . . . If we can forgive what we’ve done to others .… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I just don't think most of us are aware how much of what we throw away ends up in the ocean, for… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Programs to demonstrate Darwinian evolution are akin to a pinball machine. The steel ball bounces around differently every time but eventually falls… — Robert J. Marks II Copy Share Image
I always had a sketchbook with me when I was young. I was hiding behind it, basically, hiding behind drawing because I… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
What happens when we acknowledge the sovereignty and power of God without trusting in His goodness and faithfulness? A pitcher who saw… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
Leaving America means renouncing your citizenship, moving out of the country and leaving family and friends behind. You can retain your citizenship… — Michael Arrington Copy Share Image
Against the odds, John Carter is itself pretty amazing-an epic pulp saga that slowly rises to the level of its best imitations… — Ty Burr Copy Share Image
It is not the number of years we have behind us, but the number we have before us, that makes us careful… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Physics was the first of the natural sciences to become fully modern and highly mathematical.Chemistry followed in the wake of physics, but… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
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A stock market decline is as routine as a January blizzard in Colorado. If you're prepared, it can't hurt you. A decline… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
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In various countries and times, leaders of groups that lagged behind, economically and educationally, have taught their followers to blame all their… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
My college degree was in theater. But the real reason, if I have any success in that milieu, so to speak, is… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
The leader sees things through the eyes of his followers. He puts himself in their shoes and helps them make their dreams… — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
Although no words can really help to ease the loss you bear, Just know that you are very close in every thought… — Thomas Campbell Copy Share Image
Once you've stopped loving someone breaking his or her heart's just an unpleasant chore you have to get behind you. My God,… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
Promise me we'll stay together, okay? His eyes are once again the clear blue of a perfectly transparent pool. They are eyes… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
In life you can never be too kind or too fair; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
I believe that the struggle against death, the unconditional and self-willed determination to live, is the mode of power behind the lives… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image