ABNORMAL, adj. Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Strong, deeply rooted desire is the starting point of all achievement. Just as the electron is the last unit of matter discernible… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Barack is at a level where he can't - no matter how much he wants to or how much we want him… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
Political institutions, no matter how well or badly designed, depend for continued existence upon acting men; their conservation is achieved by the… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
The truth of the matter is, beauty is a specific thing, rare and fleeting. Some of us have it in our teens,… — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
[A businessmen in plane after 9\11] asked me, "What are you working on now?" And I said I was writing a story… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Yet in a society of conflicting interests the only democratic way in which matters can be improved is through politics, and politics… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
On your principles, you should never yield; you should be prepared to be defeated. Nobody likes to be defeated, but you should… — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
There's no easy way around it, no matter how talented you are ... your talent is going to fail you if you're… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
I come here today as a Christian, a person of faith who believes we've all been called to serve our fellow men… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
If something is wrong, it'll prove to be wrong in the wash, and if it's right, you don't want to not expose… — Roberto Orci Copy Share Image
Time interval is a strange and contradictory matter in the mind. It would be reasonable to suppose that a routine time or… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
But just as he knew the sun was obliged to rise each morning in the east, no matter how much a western… — William Goldman Copy Share Image
There’s no question about the reality of evil, of injustice, of suffering, but at the center of this existence is a heart… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
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The West has never been all of the world that matters. The West has not been the only actor on the stage… — Arnold J. Toynbee Copy Share Image
The actor's physical type is the main consideration. It isn't and shouldn't be. Does the actor "look the part"? It is the… — Harold Clurman Copy Share Image
A woman once told me that she did not feel the need to reach out to those around her because she prayed… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
My life and the life of my family has been completely disrupted in absolutely every way by starting the school-prayer case. But… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
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Love is a dangerous thing. It comes in disguise to change our life... Lust is the deceiver. Lust wrenches our lives until… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
Education, and the life of the mind generally, is a matter in which individual initiative is the chief thing needed; the function… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Nothing in the world is so soft and pleasing to the touch, as the skin of a woman's thigh. No flower, feather… — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
I am a supporter of much of the Arab Spring, as a matter of indigenous self-determination. So, I see the United States'… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
If we begin by the conversation that some people shouldn't be encouraged to come to the polls, that does nothing to help… — Marc Lamont Hill Copy Share Image
Religion comes from the period of human prehistory where nobody - not even the mighty Democritus who concluded that all matter was… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
For liberals, the observation that 'the peasants are revolting' is a pun. For conservatives, it is cause for uncharacteristic optimism. No matter… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into a darkened… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings what need… — John Milton Copy Share Image
What is defeat in life? It is not merely making a mistake; defeat means giving up on yourself in the midst of… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
There is another ground of hope that must not be omitted. Let men but think over their infinite expenditure of understanding, time,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I don't want sunbursts and marble halls. I just want YOU. […] Sunbursts and marble halls may be all very well, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People just want to see something happen that is positive for them in their lives. If you're struggling to pay your student-loan… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
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You don't have to say it out loud. I already know why you like me.' 'You do, huh?' 'Yep.' He wrapped his… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The territorialism and desire to possess things comes directly from the ego, which strives to own and control things. Your spirit already… — Karen Kingston Copy Share Image
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Skateboarding, like graffiti, will never be tamed. No matter how much they monetize it, no matter how big it gets, no matter… — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share Image
The primary rocks, ... I regard as the deposits of a period in which the earth's crust had sufficiently cooled down to… — Hugh Miller Copy Share Image
![“ABNORMAL, adj. Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested. Wherefore the lexicographer adviseth a striving toward the straiter [sic] resemblance of the Average Man than he hath to himself. Whoso attaineth…” quote by Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/029/ambrose-bierce-140_abnormal_abnormal-adj-not-conforming-to-standard_793483.jpg)
![“[A businessmen in plane after 9\11] asked me, "What are you working on now?" And I said I was writing a story about a mouse who tries to save a princess. I was mortified. Here the world is falling down around us, and I'm trying to tell the story about a mouse who saves a princess. I said "It…” quote by Kate DiCamillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cfe/kate-dicamillo-599_asked_a-businessmen-in-plane-after-9-11-asked_2918488.jpg)
![“I don't want sunbursts and marble halls. I just want YOU. […] Sunbursts and marble halls may be all very well, but there is more 'scope for imagination' without them. And as for the waiting, that doesn't matter. We'll just be happy, waiting and working for each other—and dreaming. Oh, dreams will…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6d6/anonymous-1_dream_i-don-t-want-sunbursts-and-marble-halls_909131.jpg)
