If Tao Lin had been born to Gary Shteyngart's parents and spent his early twenties slaving for pageviews at NewYorker.com, he would… — Gideon Lewis-Kraus Copy Share Image
Ancient and oriental civilizations were more sensitive than we are to the cycles of things; to the succession of generations, both divine… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
It is our hope that when people read "March" - Book One, Book Two, and Book Three - that they will understand… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Schulz told lies in German, and it's unfortunate someone can speak German in this house, but it is our responsibility to stand… — Uri Orbach Copy Share Image
There's a strong victim mentality in my generation. I think it's spiritual laziness. They will agree that God is sovereign over all,… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
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It's a very special generation, because during our careers the computer entered chess. So we know how to play without computers, which… — Vassily Ivanchuk Copy Share Image
Laws just or unjust may govern men's actions. Tyrannies may restrain or regulate their words. The machinery of propaganda may pack their… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
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George Bush is by American standards rabidly Upper Class - Eastern, Socially Attractive, WASP, 19th-century money, several generations of Andover and Yale… — Peter York Copy Share Image
I am certain things to certain generations. Lots of people remember me from the 'Comic Strip,' there was the 'Vindaloo' song for… — Keith Allen Copy Share Image
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To some extent, this urge to break out of the ordinary is present in every generation. Part of being young is desiring… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Men develop ideas and systems of explanation by absorbing past knowledge and critiquing and superseding it. Women, ignorant of their own history… — Gerda Lerner Copy Share Image
The Senate needs to leave enough money in the proposed budget to not only reduce all marginal rates, but to eliminate the… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
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One's teachers all belonged to that generation who were imperialists, and the whole narrative throughout my adolescence was of countries leaving the… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
If from one burning lamp someone lights another, then another from that one, and so on in succession, he has light continuously.… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
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