Little minds mistake little objects for great ones, and lavish away upon the former that time and attention which only the latterdeserve.… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
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There is a difference between the inmates of your criminal prisons and the inmates of your cultural prison: The former understand that… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
Nearly all literature, in one sense, is made up of guide-books. Old ones tell us the ways our fathers went, through the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
There are two great classes of men: the people and the scholars, the men of science. For the former, nothing exists but… — Johann Gottlieb Fichte Copy Share Image
Count not the cost of honour to the dead!The tribute that a mighty nation paysTo those who loved her well in former… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
Ethically they had arrived at the conclusion that man's supremacy over lower animals meant not that the former should prey upon the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
We have people across this country who are scared to death. Because I could tell you this, as a former federal prosecutor,… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
When the kids see the poverty in their neighborhood, but they see these successful kids who come from the countries they come… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
That is why success and fruitfulness depend as much upon focusing on the "who" you are as much as the "what" of… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Some people point to me as the cause of all society's problems, others as if I am the benefactor, responsible for everything… — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
Occasionally pick up speed-for 2 minutes, tops-then settle back into your former pace. Sometimes this is all you need to snap out… — Mark Plaatjes Copy Share Image
People are timid and apologetic; they are no longer upright; they dare not say "I think," "I am," but quote some saint… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your later days… — George Washington Copy Share Image
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The problems of tribal conflicts in Kenya are much older, caused by the former colonial power. A former American ambassador there once… — Yoweri Museveni Copy Share Image
One cannot deny that in former times man's life had been one of toil and hardship. It is correct to say, therefore,… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurs are all a little crazy. There is a fine line between an entrepreneur and a crazy person. Crazy people see and… — Anita Roddick Copy Share Image
When Saddam Hussein was eliminated, the Iraqi statehood and thousands of people from the former Baath party were also eliminated. Thousands of… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
He thinks of that ocean house and wishes he were back in his former life or that one could take one moment… — Stephen Dobyns Copy Share Image
I've always deplored bad heterosexual values that dictate the minute a marriage is over the former partners no longer speak to each… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
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We must wake up to the insane reality of our time. We are all irresponsible, unless we demand from the responsible decision… — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
I have reared, or helped to rear, five children and the scariest bit, bar none, is the learning-to-drive part. It has filled… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
That's right, Mitt Romney took on Evander Holyfield in a boxing match for charity, and it was a pretty one-sided fight. But… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
Now, you integration-minded Negroes are trying to force yourselves on your former slave master, trying to make him accept you in his… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The last time I was in Chile, I was hypnotized by a friend who is studying to be a curandero, a healer,… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The Justice Department needs to investigate how Goldman Sachs was able to steer things in such a manner through their former employees… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
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In 1938, after Austria, our universe had become accustomed to inhumanity, to lawlessness, and brutality as never in centuries before. In a… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
I’m Norma McCorvey, the former Jane Roe of the Roe vs. Wade decision that brought ‘legal’ child killing to America. I was… — Norma McCorvey Copy Share Image
He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
David Lloyd George had been to Germany, and been so dazzled by the Führer that he compared him to George Washington. Hitler… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
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As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Will you not, as a loyal student of dear old Baylor, lay aside for a few days the usual cares of life,… — Samuel Palmer Copy Share Image
In the 1980s, I was working to reform the schools in Arkansas. Donald Trump was borrowing $14 million from his father to… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Former South Africa President Nelson Mandela announced Tuesday he will begin writing his autobiography. He spent 25 years in prison before being… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
