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I had another idea of getting a traveling medicine wagon with a dropdown side and traveling around England. That might sound crazy… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
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Until Eleanor Roosevelt, there was only one or two First Ladies in all of American history who made an impact, who people… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
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This is the great new problem of mankind. We have inherited a large house, a great ‘world house’ in which we have… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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I'm less influenced by any of [Karl] Marx's ideas today than I've ever been in my life, and most significantly Marx's theory… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
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Rationalism is the idea that we can ever understand anything about the state of being. It's a deathtrip. It always has been.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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Even as we pour hundreds of billions of dollars into our efforts in the Middle East, there is much that needs to… — Herb Kohl Copy Share Image
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I watch TV more than I used to, and the commercials don't impress me. The standard of execution is very high, but… — Paul Arden Copy Share Image
Are there books about us or something?” This makes Pressia angry - the idea that this world is a subject of study,… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
Why is history important? Without history, many people have no idea how many of today's half-baked ideas have been tried, again and… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Anyway, I'm sure the guy lives a million miles away." "Or he could live right in your backyard. You never know." I… — Mari Mancusi Copy Share Image
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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them,… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with this idea that these things that you collect, they just say so much about who you are. I… — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image