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Generally the officers of the army were indifferent whether the annexation [of Texas] was consummated or not; but not so all of…

— Ulysses S. Grant

[Bob] Dylan began to incorporate things into that scene that were controversial then. He got shouted at in Newport when he played…

— T Bone Burnett

Every extra year you spend in a better environment makes you more likely to go to college, less likely to have a…

— Raj Chetty

When I was a kid my primary goal in life was to find a book that was alive. Not alive in the…

— Blake Butler

The courtroom is one instance of the fact that while our society may be liberal and democratic in some large and vague…

— Howard Zinn

I have begun drafting a memorandum for the prosecuting authorities, together with all evidence necessary to establish not only the existence of…

— Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley

My Obama is getting pretty good ... I think I'll vote for whoever makes my portrayal easier. It takes time to put…

— Dana Carvey

The making of thoughts is the most common instance of human participation in the creative act.

— Frank Barron

I too complain ceaselessly in my heart and in my words too. My very life is a protest. Against government, for instance.

— Dorothy Day

Antisemitism, for instance, is simply not the doctrine of a grown-up person.

— George Orwell

There are certain fixed rules that one observes for one's own comfort. For instance, never be flippantly rude to any inoffensive grey-bearded…

— Hector Hugh Munro

The domestic power structure - how power is exercised in the United States, for instance - greatly influences the structure of international…

— Thomas Pogge

As for the criticism we receive, you know, even Mr. [Donald] Trump's team criticize us. For instance, one of the participants or…

— Vladimir Putin

Making a mistake means overshooting a scene, shooting too many takes, for instance. Long after you've got it, you just keep shooting.

— William H. Macy

Heat can also be produced by the impact of imperfectly elastic bodies as well as by friction. This is the case, for…

— Hermann von Helmholtz

I've heard a hundred different variations of instances of unadulterated female victimhood, yet the silence of the feminists is deafening. Where two…

— Theodore Dalrymple

For instance, dragons are deeply revered by the Chinese. According to legend they have megapowers that include weather control and life creation.…

— Jennifer Rardin

I have a theory that women are generally given space and appointed to jobs when the situation is tough. I've observed that…

— Christine Lagarde

For instance, why are we terrorizing this country, leading with murder and mayhem, when crime is actually on the decline, as somebody,…

— Christiane Amanpour

African tradition deals with life as an experience to be lived. In many respects, it is much like the Eastern philosophies in…

— Audre Lorde

You can have a team of unconventional thinkers, as well as conventional thinkers. If you don't have the support of others you…

— Jonas Salk

There are parts of L.A. that feel very, very Mexican, and there are weird little enclaves of Northside in Mexico - Cancún…

— William T. Vollmann

Despite the debunking, you have a small group in the last five years that hasn't wanted to vaccinate their children, for instance,…

— Melinda Gates

History is full of instances of people who challenged the mighty forces of evil and they were not only fighting a lonely…

— Asghar Ali Engineer

Flowers are beautiful, for instance, but we are not inclined to marry them. Duty, on the contrary, is a bugle call to…

— L. Frank Baum