merica was middle-class for the very start - the people who came first were hyper-strivers from England. There were no vested interests,… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
Philistine - a word which I understand properly to denote indifference to the higher intellectual interests. The word may also be defined,… — Leslie Stephen Copy Share Image
The thing that has helped me the most has been surrounding myself with a strong community of people with common interests and… — Liza Johnson Copy Share Image
I also meet with city officials, representatives from governors' offices, really anyone in that sort of position who has shown an interest… — Rafer Johnson Copy Share Image
The man is distinguished from the youth by the fact that he takes the world as it is, instead of everywhere fancying… — Max Stirner Copy Share Image
if we continue with what is surely our greatest Western temptation, and think that in some way history owes us a solution,… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share Image
People who will not turn a shovel full of dirt on the project (Muscle Shoals Dam) nor contribute a pound of material,… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Once you have made it, you will understand that any business is limited in the challenges it offers. You will want and… — J. Paul Getty Copy Share Image
Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders; no one is relieved of his share of responsibility by others. And no… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The discipline of colleges and universities is in general contrived, not for the benefit of the students, but for the interest, or… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
... the whole of society in Washington is to some degree political. It is like no other capital city known to me,… — Storm Jameson Copy Share Image
I have no intention of slurring over the differences we have with socialism, nor concealing my belief that we are the National… — Norman Tebbit Copy Share Image
Constantine, the Emperor, saw something in the religion of Christ's people which awakened his interest, and now we see him uniting religion… — George W Truett Copy Share Image
Let us hear the dangers of thralldom to our consciences from ignorance, extreme poverty, and dependence; in short, from civil and political… — John Adams Copy Share Image
In the field of Egyptian mathematics Professor Karpinski of the University of Michigan has long insisted that surviving mathematical papyri clearly demonstrate… — James Henry Breasted Copy Share Image
In a large congregation, while there is a wide diversification of interest, it is also true that there are only a few… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
I would have every zealous man examine his heart thoroughly, and I believe he will often find that what be calls a… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I think it's very important - no matter what you may do professionally - to keep alive some of the healthy interests… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
I started to take a keen interest in food when I was 16 years old. When I was a young teenager my… — Ainsley Harriott Copy Share Image
We [women] are the majority of the population, majority of the electorate, majority of the workforce... and yet we're still doing majority… — Ai-jen Poo Copy Share Image
The truth is, those people we feel drawn to most might not be intended as love interests, but rather as life-changing, life-altering… — Tonya Hurley Copy Share Image
Eventually I lost interest in trying to control my life, to make things happen in a way that I thought I wanted… — Shakti Gawain Copy Share Image
The man who loves his country on its own account, and not merely for its trappings of interest or power, can never… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I turn down invitations to do things for money. I have almost no interest in making money. Actually, I've acquired a fair… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
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I will say without reservations that from my point of view there can be no abstractions. Any shape or area that has… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
There is a system of terroristic states-the real terror network-that has spread throughout Latin America and elsewhere over the past several decades,… — Edward S. Herman Copy Share Image
When I first got out to Hollywood, they were pushing me for sitcoms, and I didn't really have an interest in them.… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
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Film just chews up actors like nobody's business, and I'm not particularly interested in being chewed up. I think the camera can… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
What you call the psychic being is the mind of the vital. The heart is the seat of this mind. And this… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse. Competition is becoming a virtue. Intense competition… — Major Owens Copy Share Image
It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to fifty words used… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
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Miss Tarabotti was not certain if he was objecting to the kick or the scream, so she issued both again— with interest.… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
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My parents couldn't afford a full time drama school, but I basically just did every class I could do, and followed every… — Christopher Parker Copy Share Image
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