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When woman work outside the home and share breadwinning duties, couples are more likely to stay together. In fact, the risk of… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
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Most people, including ourselves, live in a world of relative ignorance. We are even comfortable with that ignorance, because it is all… — Socrates Copy Share Image
She looks at herself in the mirror. The idea is to look sexy again. And for whom exactly? Yourself, of course. Yes,… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
It is now an accepted fact that the expression of emotion through painting... is a source of deep psychological satisfaction... It is… — Mervyn Levy Copy Share Image
Imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, " This is an interesting world I find myself in, an interesting hole… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Zen abhors repetition or imitation of any kind, for it kills. For the same reason Zen never explains, but only affirms. Life… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
The fact is, that what de Sade was trying to bring to the surface of the conscious mind was precisely the thing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The virtue of a faculty is related to the special function which that faculty performs. Now there are three elements in the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
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I suspect that one of capitalism's crucial assets derives from the fact that the imagination of economists, including its critics, lags well… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
The principal reason, invariably, most "successful" giant companies rather quickly become also-rans, or just amorphous blobs on the competitive landscape, is their… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
I think what separates me from the candidates is the fact that I have a proven track record of being a fighter.… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
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All truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. Facts… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
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(Lake) Lanier is a good fishing lake. Everybody tells me I put my dock on the best fishing hole in the lake.… — Luke Appling Copy Share Image
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I definitely have a spiritual outlook. I don't usually read self-help books, but I read a great book by a guy called… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
There is, in fact, not much point in writing a novel unless you can show the possibility of moral transformation, or an… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
As Mr. Nagle so competently points out, almost no one uses Eiffel; in fact until recently there were only 9 users. But… — Bertrand Meyer Copy Share Image
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Life is too short to spend all your time trying to make everyone else happy. Besides, its impossible to please everyone all… — Suman Rai Copy Share Image
This is what magic is. It's being able to speak in a voice which makes things happen, being able to speak in… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
In point of fact, no conclusive disproof of a theory can ever be produced; for it is always possible to say that… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
I'm very always saddened by the fact that people aren't buying newspapers. They may be reading the news online, but the depth,… — Kathy Eldon Copy Share Image
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Playing a plainer role means everything is dependent on the credentials of the actor, not the fact that they are as pretty… — Laura Carmichael Copy Share Image
The subject who speaks is situated in relation to the other. This privilege of the other ceases to be incomprehensible once we… — Claudia Rankine Copy Share Image
I know that my work in this case is magnified by the fact that the streets of heaven are too crowded with… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
There's some good news, too, and the good news is that the players [finally] have become more aware of the fact that… — Arnold Palmer Copy Share Image