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I remember an old Singer sewing machine at home that belonged to my grandmother. It had a pedal. My mom taught me… — Bibhu Mohapatra Copy Share Image
The real University... has no specific location. It owns no property, pays no salaries, and receives no material dues... The real University… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
I will never tire of recommending the custom, practiced by the best architects, of preparing not only drawings and sketches, but also… — Leon Battista Alberti Copy Share Image
The depressing thing about battery technology is that it gets better, but it gets better slowly. There are a whole bunch of… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
[Television viewing] is a one-way transaction that requires the taking in of particular sensory material in a particular way, no matter what… — Marie Winn Copy Share Image
I've always longed for the theatre and acting to be popular. No actor wants to play to an empty house. We only… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
You can think your self to be great, you can go on thinking your self to be great, till you see all… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
Most people will see declining returns [due to inflation]. One of the great defenses if you're worried about inflation is not to… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
And consequently, you have this rich looking film, which gives it this kind of muscular feel, deep focus, soft focus look. I'm… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
It seems that every movie is a remake of something that was better when it was first released in a foreign language,… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
The solution of the problem of life is life itself. Life is not attained by reasoning and analysis, but first of all… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
When we must pay the true price for the depletion of nature’s gifts, materials will become more precious to us, and economic… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
Shakespeare doesn't belong to the past. If his material is valid, it is valid now. It's like coal. The only meaningfulness of… — Peter Brook Copy Share Image
Scientists may study mainly matter but they cannot ignore the human mind, or consciousness: spiritual practitioners may be engaging mainly in developing… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I'm aware of narrating certain experiences as they happen or obliterating those experiences with narrative and then those stories - not the… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
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Sometimes I've drawn on autobiographical material, maybe situations that I've felt trapped by, and turned them into something else, but in a… — William Wegman Copy Share Image
The object of government is the welfare of the people. The material progress and prosperity of a nation are desirable chiefly so… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I write a lot of material you've never heard that live inside my sadness. You'll hear a song that lasts six to… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
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Militarism is the most energy-intensive, entropic activity of humans, since it converts stored energy and materials directly into waste and destruction without… — Hazel Henderson Copy Share Image
He [Thomas Edison] considered [money] as a raw material, like metal, to be used rather than amassed, and so he kept plowing… — Charles Edison Copy Share Image
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Grass probably helped me as much as it hurt me. Especially as a performer. When you're high, it's easy to kid yourself… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Let us encourage the generosity which is typical of the young and help them to work actively in building a better world.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I consider both the West Bank and Gaza to be colonised, even though Gaza is not occupied in the same way that… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
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I wrote a novel called 'Blonde,' which is about Norma Jean Baker, who becomes Marilyn Monroe, which I called a fictitious biography.… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
The tales are quite hard to remember and I found that going back to it between bouts of writing fiction, I was… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
Organized religion has too often followed the road of other people's institutions. It has made adjustments, compromises, and surrenders to a materialistic… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
You become a writer on a television show, and you see yourself doing bigger and better things, you don't wait till they… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
The structural thinking I use in the concert hall is unnecessary to most film projects, and most film composers make better use… — John Corigliano Copy Share Image
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Good sense alone is a sedate and quiescent quality, which manages its possessions well, but does not increase them; it collects few… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Whether it's dangerous materials being smuggled across the border, terrorists entering on visas or Americans losing their jobs to foreign workers, these… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Once you start rewriting, you're not able to stop. With each draft the fundamental banality and worthlessness of the material becomes more… — Barry N. Malzberg Copy Share Image
Now here is a key: you want to make it real and present in the realm of your consciousness. You don't say… — George Leonard Copy Share Image