Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
[ John] Winthrop was the man who first said America was "a city upon a hill," which [Ronald] Reagan then appropriated. There… — Kevin Sessums Copy Share Image
I have a strange fascination with the Midwest. I'm waiting to find out that my parents are actually from the Midwest. I… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
I told Grant Hill back there – I just got done playing against him – as a second grader I had a… — Kevin Durant Copy Share Image
I was trying to learn about Lyndon Johnson when he was young and creating his first political machine in the Texas hill… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
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There is, however, this consolation to the most way-worn traveler, upon the dustiest road, that the path his feet describe is so… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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My head was a desolate place and as barren as the bare hills of Le Marche. Until I began to build in… — Lisa St. Aubin de Terán Copy Share Image
I am indebted to anyone who has ever written anything. I am indebted to the unknown carver of pictograms on a gallery… — Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Copy Share Image
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Market-cap based indexing will never be driven from its deserved perch as core and deserved king of the investment world. It is… — Cliff Asness Copy Share Image
Over this country, when the giant Eagle flings the shadow of his wing, the land is darkened. So compact is it that… — Hugh Walpole Copy Share Image
'One Tree Hill' really had an impact on my life. It was the first time I left my house and my family… — Daniella Alonso Copy Share Image
Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
My siblings and I, we were raised on TV and films. Not a day went by that we weren't watching one of… — Teddy Sears Copy Share Image
The turnings of life seldon show a sign-post; or rather, though the sign is always there, it is usually placed some distance… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
The only time I've been arrested was in opposing the Marble Hill nuclear power plant in Indiana. That was in 1979. — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I was born in 1970 in Illinois, but all the life I remember I've spent in Chapel Hill, N.C. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
They do say that when a man starts down hill everybody is ready to help him with a kick, and I suppose… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Years and years ago, when I was a boy, when there were wolves in Wales, and birds the color of red-flannel petticoats… — Dylan Thomas Copy Share Image
When the Sun sets, shadows, that shew'd at Noon But small, appear most long and terrible; So, when we think Fate hovers… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
One day the stars will be as familiar to each man as the landmarks, the curves, and the hills on the road… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
Conservatives need to figure out a way to motivate by reason and persuade through emotion. Meaning that when they talk about our… — Andrea Tantaros Copy Share Image