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Nearly everyone who is unemployed votes "Democrat." Nearly every immigrant, at least in the first generation, votes "Democrat." Nearly every non-white American… — Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley Copy Share Image
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The Internet is light at the end of the tunnel. I don't care if it's being used to peddle pornography, I don't… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
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Soon you start craving that intense attention with the hungry obsession of any junkie. When the drug is withheld you probably turn… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
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'IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO DO IT,' WAS THE TERRIBLE VERDICT. 'IN THE FIRST PLACE YOU ARE A WOMAN AND WOULD… — Nellie Bly Copy Share Image
At last, after completing year 12, I failed the great final examination, repeated the following year and failed again even more dismally… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
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When I moved back to New York as an adult, my first place had bed bugs, and I was also really lonely… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
Whereas modern cynicism brought despair about the ability of the human species to realize laudable ideals, postmodern cynicism doesn't — not because… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
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Building good technology starts with strong curiosity, pursuit of hard problems and exploration, wherever it leads. It isn't necessarily high-minded. Rather, on… — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
The first place we lose the battle is in our own thinking. If you think it is permanent then it's permanent. If… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
If you do not assume the law of non-contradiction, you have nothing to argue about. If you do not assume the principles… — William J. Murray Copy Share Image
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“Another reason I’m intrigued with the hanged of Salem, especially the women, is that a number of them aroused suspicion in the… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
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More than half of all people filing income tax forms use someone else to prepare the forms for them. Then they have… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
All I wanted was attention from girls when I was a kid. Then I got my braces off, and then there was… — Lucas Till Copy Share Image
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Learn to spot and avoid "writer groupies." The writer's self-sufficiency and our love for our work tend to attract insecure people who… — Florence King Copy Share Image
“They ain’t stealing nothing, baby,” she had said, winking at May. “They just trying to imagine what it’s like to be one… — J.D. Horn Copy Share Image
“In the long run, it is much easier to undo the policies of crooked leadership than to restore common sense and wisdom… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
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The consequences of these institutions (The towns or districts, the congregations, the schools,and the militia.) have been, that the inhabitants, having acquired… — John Adams Copy Share Image
So far the roles that I have really wanted to do, I have been hired for. I think subconsciously I want to… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
For families across the UK who are income-poor, but more than that, whose lives are blighted by worklessness, educational failure, family breakdown,… — Iain Duncan Smith Copy Share Image
People say that you can't change people's minds with a movie or book, but how do they get formed in the first… — Thom Andersen Copy Share Image
I'm not a person that thinks back in the first place. I think forward. And it's always been less that people didn't… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
“When civilians are not asked to pay any price, it's easy to be at war - not just to intervene in a… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
“I suggest that the representation of women deserves a much higher consideration in our religious discourse. When words are presented as if… — Carol Lynn Pearson Copy Share Image
There must be a union between the spirit in wood and the spirit in man. The grain of the wood must relate… — George Nakashima Copy Share Image
There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
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