Early in life she had discovered the important truth that nothing looks so like innocence as an indiscretion; and by a series… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
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If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
Artemis grit her teeth. "I need a favor. I have some hunting to do, alone. I need you to take my companions… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
You, yesterday, did the usual things, just as any day, You don't know if it's worth remembering. You would prefer to remember,… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
Over the last half century the television interview has given us some of TV's most heart-stopping and memorable moments. On the surface… — David Frost Copy Share Image
As for the role of France and Germany: French politics is often more self-confident then German politics due to the catastrophe in… — Wolfgang Schauble Copy Share Image
In the fall of 1978, I left the religious, conservative, biracial, slow-paced culture of South Carolina for the secular, liberal, multi-ethnic, intense… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
For the world is broken, sundered, busted down the middle, self ripped from self and man pasted back together as mythical monster,… — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
In the Shadow of Slavery covers two and a half centuries of black life in New York City, and skillfully interweaves the… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
Look out into the July night, and see the broad belt of silver flame which flashes up the half of heaven, fresh… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Yet just as the day has two halves, one governed by the sun and the other by the moon, so there are… — Aino Kallas Copy Share Image
If you're working as secretary of state but half of your emails are about your own private business, since when is secretary… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Most Americans and other Westerners claim to have read all or part of the Bible. However, when asked to identify even four… — Hugh Ross Copy Share Image
Destiny is another name for humanity's half-hearted yet persistent search for death. Again and again peoples have had the chance to live… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
I've discovered that half the people would love to go into space and there's no need to explain it to them. The… — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
There are so many emotions that you're feeling, you can get stifled by them if you're feeling them all at once. What… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
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I am sure the man who powders most, perfumes most, embroiders most, and talks most nonsense, is most admired. Though to be… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The old rule about how a thing of beauty is a joy forever, in my experience, even the most beauteous thing is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Alaska Governor Sarah Palin pardoned a turkey, though she said she was amazed to find out that, besides being a bird, Turkey… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
and I laugh, I can still laugh, who can't laugh when the whole thing is so ridiculous that only the insane, the… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
And we have done more in the two and a half years that I've been in here than the previous 43 Presidents… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
More than half the U.S. population and more than half of the voters in this election were women. Among them, 42 percent… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
Long ago it was said that 'one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.' That was true… — Jacob August Riis Copy Share Image
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The marriage rate has hit an all-time low, with 1 in 5 adults over 25 having never been married. In fact, an… — Jimmy Little Copy Share Image
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Christians don't steal or lie, they don't get divorced or have abortions. If the Ten Commandments were followed by everyone we would… — John Hagee Copy Share Image
When I was in fact a child, six and seven and eight years old, I was utterly baffled by the enthusiasm with… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
The United States spends over $87 billion conducting a war in Iraq while the United Nations estimates that for less than half… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
I missed being considered an athlete and having that competitive drive, and missed having something to work for every day. I'd taken… — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image
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Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tamed creatures, whose great… — Suetonius Copy Share Image
I was born in New York City. But my family moved when I was still an infant. Except for a year and… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
This element of surprise or mystery — the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called — is of great importance… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Our respect for the dead, when they are just dead, is something wonderful, and the way we show it more wonderful still.… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
A lover makes you smile like children smile. That smile that was only meant for you. The half smile. The big shiny… — Jann Arden Copy Share Image