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When I began writing science fiction in the middle 60s, it seemed very easy to find ideas that took decades to percolate… — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
Classic burlesque in the style of Gypsy which many modern burlesque troupes practice is, at its core, so playful and teasing and… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
The middle class, in any society, plays the role of graphite rods in nuclear reactors: they slow down the reaction and, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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My mother had demonstrated that the best way to defeat the numbing ambivalence of middle age is to surprise yourself - by… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
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Unchecked, the dominating influences of money and of barren intellectualism would reduce the life of emotions to freezing point. And, unable to… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
All Christian religions are outer-directed. "Who can I convert?" "Let's go to this country and make them Christians." "Wear this." "Do that."… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
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In the 1980s and 1990s, Jack Welch, the CEO of General Electric, laid off over 100,000 employees. His reward? When he retired… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
So I had a choice between going to a jail or going to a bughouse like a nice young middle-class student. So… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
Middle grade fiction, to me, is really about emergence of self. It's about expressing the idea that the world is going to… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
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We of the sinking middle class may sink without further struggles into the working class where we belong, and probably when we… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
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When you know that language, it's easy to believe that someone in the world awaits you, whether it's in the middle of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
In the middle of my sophomore year, I was sent to boarding school, at the Cranbrook School for boys, in Bloomfield Hills,… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
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When I was wee, in the middle of the summer, the big field behind the shops would be filled with dry grass… — Limmy Copy Share Image
New York rushed to get students into early childhood programs, but the research is clear that it has to be high quality.… — Pedro Noguera Copy Share Image
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I swam across Skaneateles Lake, about a mile, when I was 11 years old. I remember feeling when I was in the… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
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I had this desire to see the world. I couldn't see any of it, but I saw it in my imagination, and… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
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I think this does show that there will be some changes, not so much in Europe or Asia but certainly in the… — Peter R. Mansoor Copy Share Image
I am convinced that a multi-faceted dialogue between Russia and Egypt will continue to deepen and expand for the benefit of the… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
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Hot, dry katabatic winds, like the south foehn in Europe, the sharav in the Middle East, and the Santa Ana of Southern… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
I started to shed the monstrous aesthetic affectation of my youth so as to make room for the monstrous philistine postures of… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image