Discomfort is a pain. Boredom is a pain. A perfect piece of music can reduce us to tears. Every one of these… — Ruben Papian Copy Share Image
The theater requires an essential gullibility that you can't get through life without having. If all you can feel is skepticism-well ,… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
The essential humanity of men can be protected and preserved only where government must answer, not just to the wealthy, not just… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Skepticism is essential to the quest for knowledge, for it is in the seedbed of puzzlement that genuine inquiry takes root. Without… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
Hope is an essential thread in the fabric of all fantasies, an Ariadne's thread to guide us out of the labyrinth ...… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Art is humanity's most essential, most universal language. It is not a frill, but a necessary part of communication. The quality of… — Ernest L. Boyer Copy Share Image
I like to feel the butterflies in the stomach, I like to go home and have a restless night and wonder how… — Amitabh Bachchan Copy Share Image
As a result of all his education, from everything he hears and sees around him, the child absorbs such a lot of… — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
Foreign policy always has more force and punch when the nation speaks with one voice. To remain secure, prosperous, and free, the… — Lee H. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Mercedes nursed a special grievance - the grievance of sex. She was pretty and soft, and had been chivalrously treated all her… — Jack London Copy Share Image
I also believe that when people are going through difficult situations in life... it causes them to search a lot more. They… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
At the heart of the First Amendment is the recognition of the fundamental importance of the free flow of ideas and opinions… — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
Alan Rocke's Image and Reality does so many things vividly and convincingly: it shows how visual images led chemistry step by step… — Roald Hoffmann Copy Share Image
If you read philosophical texts of the tradition, you'll notice they almost never said 'I,' and didn't speak in the first person.… — Jacques Derrida Copy Share Image
Yoga is as old and traditional as civilization, yet it persists in modern society as a means to achieving essential vitality. But… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Once and for all, people must understand that addiction is a disease. It’s critical if we’re going to effectively prevent and treat… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
Firefighters are essential to the safety and security of our local communities. We owe it to these men and women to provide… — Carl Levin Copy Share Image
Instead of an aristocracy of wealth, of more harm and danger than benefit to society, to make an opening for the aristocracy… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The essential function of the (design) profession in our society is to enhance and cultivate communications toward: Easier understanding of ideas and… — Will Burtin Copy Share Image
There was something unbearable in the things, in the people, in the buildings, in the streets that, only if you reinvented it… — Elena Ferrante Copy Share Image
Good strong banks are essential for every family and for every business in the country and extraordinary times call for the bold… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
The need for de-development presents our economists with a major challenge. They must design a stable, low-consumption economy in which there is… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
To seek visions, to dream dreams, is essential, and it is also essential to try new ways of living, to make room… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
I think we need a very, very serious effort, primarily through tax policy to provide incentives and encouragement for people to save… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature, to human history and to human life… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
Playing inside the changes means playing enough of the important notes of the chord progression at important times. A good solo might… — Chuck Israels Copy Share Image
I think we're a kind of desperation. We're sort of a maddening luxury. The basic and essential human is the woman, and… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
We want to limit the exploitation of the fiscal capacity of the richer regions by keeping down the rate of immigration to… — James M. Buchanan Copy Share Image
The diffusion of information and the arraignment of all abuses at the bar of public reason, I deem [one of] the essential… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The public must retain control of the great waterways. It is essential that any permit to obstruct them for reasons and on… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Recognizing and confronting our history is important. Transcending our history is essential. We are not limited by what we have done, or… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I think this ['March']is essential reading to understand the Black Lives Matter movement. I think it's also essential reading for the Black… — Andrew Aydin Copy Share Image
The most essential elements of success in life are a purpose, increasing industry, temperate habits, scrupulous regard for ones word ... courteous… — William A. Clark Copy Share Image
Sight is not absolutely essential in this process, but we use sight because it is the dominant sense. It's easiest to interrupt… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Yoga teaches us both to let go and to have exquisite awareness in every moment. We remember our essential spiritual nature and… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I think persistence in the face of adversity is an essential part of a writer’s job description. If you don’t care enough… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
If you don't eat right as an athlete, you'll get tired and won't be as sharp. It's simple to drink sodas and… — Troy Polamalu Copy Share Image
The trade unions are a long-established and essential part of our national life. We take our stand by these pillars of our… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
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I have found, through years of practice, that people garden in order to make something grow; to interact with nature; to share,… — Julie Moir Messervy Copy Share Image
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