What is supposed to be the very essence of Judaism - which is the notion that it is by study that you… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
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In this century, the 21st century, the U.S. recognizes our prosperity and our security depends even more on the Asia-Pacific region. — Leon Panetta Copy Share Image
Citizenship in the 21st century requires more than paying your taxes and voting and occasionally running for office. That even if you're… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Lincoln-sad, patient, kindly Lincoln, who after bearing upon his weary shoulders for four years a greater burden than that borne by any… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Well," he said, clearly enjoying my confusion. "It was actually for two souls, since you and Seth were both saved. But even… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
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What I like about Tibetan Buddhism is it was taken to Tibet in the 7th century and then again in the 11th.… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries. — Patty Duke Copy Share Image
Season of Migration to the North, by Tayeb Salih, is an eloquent and restrained portrait of one man's exile. It is a… — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
America has never forgotten - and never will forget - the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her… — Bernard Baruch Copy Share Image
Note to self: Don't get on Veritas's bad side. She holds a grudge for centuries. — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
The exercise of power in this century has meant for all of us in the United States not arrogance, but agony. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
The excrement bubbles, the century slime decays, and the brainwashing government lackeys would have us say it's under control. — Jethro Tull Copy Share Image
Christians have oppressed Jews, Moslems, Buddhists, Pagans, and each other throughout their centuries of power, preaching religious intolerance as the word of… — Isaac Bonewits Copy Share Image
Jack Vance's Lyonesse books are the greatest fairy tale of the twentieth century. — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
A lot of populists after populism died just became socialists. At the beginning of the 20th century, socialism looked like it was… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
If the great story of the last century was the conflict among various political ideologies-communism, fascism and democracy-then the great narrative of… — Cynthia Tucker Copy Share Image
I believe that one of the saddest things in the world today is that some people don't have enough food to nourish… — Izabel Goulart Copy Share Image
I must have read every issue of 'Punch' published in the 20th century, and I think in the process I picked up… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The two defining issues of this century are both universal but felt locally: the global water crisis and the resources boom. — Jay Weatherill Copy Share Image
After one of his [Hubert Humphrey] long-winded harangues I suggested he had probably been vaccinated with a phonograph needle. He responded by… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
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