America is not static. America is striving. And sometimes, America requires critique. Jingoism is an avoidance of realism. You can simultaneously love… — Charles M. Blow Copy Share Image
It's very shocking, I think, for people caring for the dying to realise how unsaintly they feel, how much anger is mixed… — Helen Garner Copy Share Image
I have sometimes questioned the advice and direction I received from my parents and grandparents, but I never questioned the fact that… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
I was Jewish, through and through, although in our house that didn't mean a whole lot. We never went to synagogue. I… — Gilbert Gottfried Copy Share Image
The passage of time hasn't changed the fact that abortion is a serious, lethal violation of fundamental human rights, and that women… — Chris Smith Copy Share Image
We would like doctors to listen, but the fact is, we better be ready to be able to talk to them. You're… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
As the Earth continues to slow, leap seconds will grow more common. Eventually we will need one every year, and then even… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
I grew up in the middle of dairy country in Wisconsin, about as far from any major metropolitan area as you can… — David Wroblewski Copy Share Image
The very fact that women now form about one-fifth of the employes in manufacture and commerce in this country has opened a… — Florence Kelley Copy Share Image
Some guidance cannot be not acceptable to others. If you are trying to convince them also they can argue against that.Just leave… — Sumesh Nair Copy Share Image
Jesus was not born in a manger in central Pennsylvania. He was a man of color. And the fact that we have… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
In the family, in interpersonal relationships, even in friendship, faith is tremendously important. If you have a partner who you believe is… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I appreciate the idea that anybody would think of me as a star. But I'm really not career oriented in the sense… — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
I've read the 'Public Enemies' script and, no, it's not 100 percent historically accurate. But it's by far the closest thing to… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
Truly, love is delightful and pleasant food, supplying, as it does, rest to the weary, strength to the weak, and joy to… — Saint Bernard Copy Share Image
The fact that it wasn't tells me that we've got a much more fundamental problem of understanding what went wrong, and we've… — David Kay Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'The Rozabal Line,' I had no preconceived notions of what a commercial bestseller should be. I have always viewed… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
I get a lot of fan mail addressed to Bilbo and sometimes Sir Bilbo - it's hardly ever addressed to Ian Holm,… — Ian Holm Copy Share Image
The fact that we see some people doing what appears to be good civic-minded deeds may be because that is their true… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share Image
I would be open about the fact that, clearly, politicians should be able to speak to each other. David Cameron doesn't seem… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
When, as an undergraduate, I began experiments on these slime molds in 1940, only one other person, Kenneth Raper, was working on… — John Tyler Bonner Copy Share Image
It is the truth of grace and not of the law that brings you true freedom. The truth of the law only… — Joseph Prince Copy Share Image
What makes us human depends on what place on our evolutionary path we're talking about. If you go back six million years… — Donald Johanson Copy Share Image
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I never step upon a stage without asking myself whether I will succeed in finishing the opera. The fact is that a… — Enrico Caruso Copy Share Image
“Religion, like science, is only noteworthy when it emphasizes a matter of what is true rather than whose belief is greater or… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
In actuality, California could be a wonderful place to live. In fact, if you're highly educated and ambitious, you can do quite… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
My grandma and my mom are not happy about the fact that I am still a bachelor. It's not on my mind… — Maksim Chmerkovskiy Copy Share Image
The fact is that nothing in gerontology even comes close to fulfilling the promise of dramatically extended lifespan, in spite of bold… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
To feel nervous; to feel threatened and vulnerable and alive and engaged in that sense when interacting with someone you're really attracted… — Alex Karpovsky Copy Share Image
I believe that writers run out of material, I really do. I believe very strongly in the fact that when the natural… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
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The fact of the matter is that an actor, if I'm playing a performance capture role and you're playing a live action… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I really fell into drama school - I had a lot of lot of luck. I didn't take criticism very well while… — Charlie Cox Copy Share Image
Being part of a team helped me so much. I know the fact that there was a man in the room with… — Nancy Meyers Copy Share Image
Well it is certainly the case that the poems - which were in fact published during Shakespeare's lifetime - are weird if… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
“Haven't you noticed that opinion without knowledge is always a poor thing? At the best it is blind—isn't anyone who holds a… — Plato Copy Share Image
The fact I had my father as an adversary was such a powerful tool to work with. I subconsciously fought him to… — George Michael Copy Share Image
One of the reasons we don't have our deficit under control is because Republicans are wusses and won't tell their base a… — Ed Rendell Copy Share Image
Many young people now end a discussion with the supposedly definitive and unanswerable statement that such is their opinion, and their opinion… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
