Given that the label "immigrant literature" is already established, unavoidable for anyone with a migrant background and used in any given context,… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
...it is not the obscure passages in Scripture that bind you but the ones you understand. With these you are to comply… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Science has given to this generation the means of unlimited disaster or of unlimited progress. There will remain the greater task of… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
Do what you love and work for whom you admire the most, and you've given yourself the best chance in life you… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
I've reminded the prime minister-the American people, Mr. Prime Minister, over the past months that it was not always a given that… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Talent warms-up the given (as they say in cookery) and makes it apparent; genius brings something new. But our time lets talent… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
By "essence" I understand a universal, of any degree of complexity and definition, which may be given immediately, whether to sense or… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
People often refer to a creative ability as a 'gift', and, of course, it is, in that, if I had sat down… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
So precious a talent as intellect never was given to be wrapt in a napkin and buried in the earth. — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
Martha Stewart denied allegations that she had been given inside information to sell 4,000 shares of a stock in a biotech firm.… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
Man could escape danger only by renouncing adventure, by abandoning that which has given to the human condition its unique character and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Only to the rational animal is it given to follow voluntarily what happens; but simply to follow is a necessity imposed on… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Your progress depends upon your degree of sustained intensity in a given direction. — Roger McDonald Copy Share Image
I could have been, and may one day well be a high school English teacher, because I've been given so much I… — James McBride Copy Share Image
My life is a performance for which I was never given any chance to rehearse. — Ashleigh Brilliant Copy Share Image
If I have given my all and still do not win, I haven't lost. Others might remember winning or losing; I remember… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Given the reality of unintended parenthood and parental unhappiness, one would think that women and men who make the decision not to… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
I was having problems with depression and anxiety disorder, and it felt like not blogging about it was creating a false history.… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by… — Mary Lou Retton Copy Share Image
Everyday I attempt to consume 4,000 Calories and 200 grams of protein. I don't always reach that mark but when I go… — Robert Cheeke Copy Share Image
The world will not help, the people must help themselves. Its own strength is the source of life. That strength the Almighty… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't see teenagers anymore. I see... I see youths. Slumped S shapes in their hoodies, all huddled round a bin of… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
Zen says that if you drop knowledge - and within knowledge everything is included; your name, your identity, everything, because this has… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Almost six years ago, before I was given the incredible opportunity to be in 'Leaving Las Vegas,' I was going through a… — Elisabeth Shue Copy Share Image
It's not 'natural' to speak well, eloquently, in an interesting, articulate way. People living in groups, families, communes say little - have… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
We did not find direct evidence that Secretary Clinton’s personal e-mail domain, in its various configurations since 2009, was successfully hacked. But,… — James Comey Copy Share Image
Publishing my book is like giving it away. At first you start talking about it, but you are basically letting go. I… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
May all of you as Americans never forget your heroic origins, never fail to seek Divine guidance, and never lose your natural… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Some people think that acting's about being somebody else and I don't. I think this is how I would be given the… — Lucy Lawless Copy Share Image
The law given from Sinai was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code; it contained many statutes… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
The Highlanders regale themselves with whisky. They find it an excellent preservation against the winter cold. It is given with great success… — Tobias Smollett Copy Share Image
Given the cultural barriers to intersex conversation, the amazing thing is that we would even expect women and men to have anything… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
On the issue past of independence of Germany, after the time of National Socialism, Germany has been given an enormous amount of… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Freedom was taken away from my family until we landed in America and it was given back to us. — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
