Cats and their owners are on a private, exclusive loop of affection. Thus cats have become symbolic of a community eschewed and… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
You can have these fake engagements, these virtual engagements that substitute for actual engagements. You don't have to participate, you can hit… — David Frum Copy Share Image
The one thing I'm quite critical of Hillary Clinton for, and it obviously hurt her, is that at some level, the Clintons… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
Days I enjoy are days when nothing happens, When I have no engagements written on my block, When no one comes to… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
Our marvelous new information technologies boost our power and opportunities for political engagement, but they can also disempower us by contributing to… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
Dad himself used to tell a story about one time when Mother went off to fill a lecture engagement and left him… — Frank B. Gilbreth Jr Copy Share Image
They fought their first action in March of 1775. Embarked on eight small ships, they sailed to the Bahamas and captured a… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
“Becky --" he begins, and there's a tiny intake of breath around the churchyard. "Will you--" "Yes! Yeee-esssss!" I hear the joyful… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
I've never been averse to a little risk - after all, writing without risk is not really writing at all. Sometimes one… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
India's democracy where over 1 billion people have a voice in deciding their future is a world example of how governance can… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
A comic will always be more 'personal' than a DVD or CD, both of which require electronic 'players' to decode their content.… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
I don't want to have anything to say, it just gets in the way. I think the journey of an artist is… — Anish Kapoor Copy Share Image
The world shows up for us, but it doesn't show up for free. We must show up, too, and bring along what… — Alva Noe Copy Share Image
“For some reason she found that Allan Harrington's attitude of absolute detachment made the whole affair seem much easier for her. And… — Margaret Widdemer Copy Share Image
“Becky, if I had to wait five years, then I would. Or eight -- or even ten." He pauses, and there's complete… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
Al Qaeda attacked the U.S.S. Cole and bombed several U.S. embassies in East Africa in the late 1990s. We knew who did… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
I just realized, sometime early on in college, that I wanted to be a philosopher. I basically decided that I wanted to… — L.A. Paul Copy Share Image
I was acquainted once with a gallant soldier who assured me that his only measure of courage was this: upon the first… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
“So," he called to her back, "Just out of curiosity, you know, purely conversation and all, at what age will you be… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Not everything that counts can be counted. You can count sales. You can count fans and followers. You can count pins and… — John Kremer Copy Share Image
Discomfort brings engagement and change. Discomfort means you're doing something that others were unlikely to do, because they're hiding out in the… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“If you imagine that I have the smallest desire to receive your hand as a reward for having performed a difficult task… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
While complying can be an effective strategy for physical survival, it's a lousy one for personal fulfillment. Living a satisfying life requires… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
“Well, and there is the end of our little drama," I remarked, after we had sat some time smoking in silence. "I… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
My ardent desire is, and my aim has been, to comply strictly with all our engagements, foreign and domestic, but to keep… — George Washington Copy Share Image
When you start becoming a pop star, you think, Hold on a second, maybe my life is different now - maybe all… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
You're trying to make the language work, and your subconscious is being allowed to make the deeper, more profound connections. It's much… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
“activity is not the same as engagement. In too many classrooms, teachers worry about having the students active rather than having the… — Daisy Christodoulou Copy Share Image
What to wear? I could think of no guidelines on what we were wearing this season to a party forced on you… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
The experience that a publication creates for its audience is the very essence of that publication's brand - and without deep engagement,… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
By 18th century standards, they [Great Britain] were the freest, most dynamic, most willing to challenge tradition and authority. They had the… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
If we do not learn to regard a war, and the separate campaigns of which it is composed, as a chain of… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
I am primarily engaged to myself to be a public servant of all the gods, to demonstrate to all men that there… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I also draw strength from so many people that I meet through my speaking engagements and my life and when I feel… — Agapi Stassinopoulos Copy Share Image
“A lack of engagement sends the message that you may not care, are not interested, are too busy, or that the other… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
I've given parties that have made Indian rajahs green with envy. I've had prima donnas break $10,000 engagements to come to my… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Competence in heterosexuality, or at least the appearance or pretense of such competence, is as much a public affair as a privateone.… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
It is one thing for the institution to offer space for serious engagement, in thought and action, and to encourage free and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I lived in China for 9 years straight. I saw how my Chinese friends benefited and gained much more freedom to determine… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
While a particularly deft sense of irony may be one of the tools of great storytellers, I think it's also true that… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
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