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Polar bears did very well in the warmer times. They didn't die out at all; they didn't die out in the last… — Piers Corbyn Copy Share Image
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The greatest weapon the colonial powers have used in the past against our people has always been his ability to divide and… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
But the indisputable fact is, a huge percentage of Obama's voters are basically wards of the state. There are millions of them,… — Howie Carr Copy Share Image
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The motive is this, 'Oh! that God could be glorified, that Jesus might see the reward of his sufferings! Oh! that sinners… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
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Intelligence, it might be said, has caused our troubles; but it is not unintelligence that will cure them. Only more and wiser… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
People make a big mistake when they say, 'I need to be motivated.' You motivate yourself. I might inspire somebody, but that… — Billy Mills Copy Share Image
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Youth would be too happy, might it add to its own beauty and felicity the wisdom and experience of riper years. Were… — Lydia Sigourney Copy Share Image
Licences to have babies incidentally is something that I got in trouble for some years ago for suggesting even in Canada that… — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
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My problem is not to reinforce or destroy any ideas anyone might have about me, how I do what I do, what… — El-P Copy Share Image
And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced me to do my duty, I might… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
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I'm generally a very annoyingly positive person, in real life. I think that might have something to do with my gravitation towards… — Shailene Woodley Copy Share Image
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My thinking is, government is really there to do the things that people absolutely can't do for themselves. And that's mostly involved… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
On Thanksgiving I will stop to give thanks that my family is safe and healthy, especially because I realize that, following the… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My… — David Rudisha Copy Share Image
To ask whether the mainstream media has a conservative or liberal bias is like asking whether al-Qaida uses too much oil in… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
I might have lived long enough to learn all this in the long haul, but I would have been just another soul… — Lou Rawls Copy Share Image
We postpone the finality of heartbreak by clinging to hope. Though this might be acceptable during early or transitional stages of grief,… — Kristin Armstrong Copy Share Image
When you wrap up your self-worth with your talent, and suddenly you might not be the most talented, that's really scary. And… — Rachel Bloom Copy Share Image
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Scientific corporations might well become almost independent states and be enabled to undertake their largest experiments without consulting the outside world -… — John Desmond Bernal Copy Share Image
China has to move to a more flexible foreign currency trading system, no question about that. You might see two or three… — Arjuna Mahendran Copy Share Image