The best under-the-radar rivalry is Dodgers-Giants. I had no idea how deep that one was until I moved to California... that one… — Bill Simmons Copy Share Image
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Franklin D. Roosevelt was fortunate: He didn't take office until nearly four years after the Wall Street crash, by which time the… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
I grew up in a family that nearly lost everything, but I ended up in the United States Senate because I grew… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
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I was a very sickly boy when I was young; nearly died when I was 7. I had a life-threatening attack of… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
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I don't think that you can possibly embrace the kind of joy which one who has worked with plants and plant structures… — Percy Julian Copy Share Image
Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
The potential for the abuse of power through digital networks - upon which we the people now depend for nearly everything, including… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Four hundred or so people lived in Knockemstiff in 1957, nearly all of them connected by blood through one godforsaken calamity or… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
I'm compelled to paint nearly every day. I just felt like making a painting, went out and bought paints and a canvas.… — David Johansen Copy Share Image
At the height of Iraq's clandestine nuclear weapons program, which nearly succeeded in building a bomb in 1991, Tuwaitha incorporated research reactors,… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
Step one of Street View was to get the pictures in place - in a few short years, we've gotten used to… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
In Ghazalia, Mr. Hussein showed his contempt for the majority Shiites in ways large and small. He refused to allow them even… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
I'm not accident prone, really, but I was cutting something and sort of lost control, and it went through my big toe.… — Michelle Dockery Copy Share Image
If you direct your attention to the position of a bird with regard to the wave surface, it will speedily be noticed… — Lawrence Hargrave Copy Share Image
I hesitated, too, because for better or worse, I have been one of the principal architects of New Labour and I have… — Peter Mandelson Copy Share Image
Our post-denominational age should be the perfect time for a Mormon to become president, or at least the Republican nominee. Mormons share… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
It's natural canine behavior to chew on all sorts of things, roll in other animals' droppings, hump and fight other dogs, menace… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
Just to cover the increase in fuel costs over the past two years, American would have had to raise fares nearly $75… — Gerard Arpey Copy Share Image
During first grade, I spent nearly every afternoon for months in the school nurse's office, sick with psychosomatic headaches, begging to go… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
It's 2010. I'm forty-three years old. I've just turned in the final draft of what will be my third novel when I… — Therese Fowler Copy Share Image
All of us introverts aspire to be more outgoing, but it's not in our nature. When I was nearly 50, I discovered… — Douglas Conant Copy Share Image
Nearly all men and women are poetical, to some extent, but very few can be called poets. There are great poets, small… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
In the depth of the near depression, that he faced when he came in, Barack Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress provided… — Jim Hunt Copy Share Image
Now, as husbands go, I have to admit I did all right. Joe is unquestionably handsome, doesn't leave ragged toenail clippings scattered… — Jenna McCarthy Copy Share Image
The military alone cannot end the conflict in Afghanistan. On that much nearly everyone can agree, offering a rare island of consensus… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
Nearly every business collects metrics on inventory, sales, and workplace process. Health care has been slow to measure these kinds of outcomes.… — Thomas R. Insel Copy Share Image
It may be, however, that I am too much wedded to my own views in the matter, and as I have spent… — George Crook Copy Share Image
I'm destiny's child. I wasn't meant to be born: my mother bled for four months when she was pregnant, and then she… — Shilpa Shetty Copy Share Image
Negative thinking patterns can be immensely deceptive and persuasive, and change is rarely easy. But with patience and persistence, I believe that… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
The pressure in Hollywood is bigger to look good than in Germany. In Germany, we are more forgiving. Having a personal coach… — Sibel Kekilli Copy Share Image
Samuel Johnson called it the vanity of human wishes, and Buddhists talk about the endless cycle of desire. Social psychologists say we… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
I have a four-and-a-half-, nearly five-octave range. I probably should have had extra lessons as a child, as I am certain my… — Daphne Guinness Copy Share Image
Acceptance speeches can make or break presidential candidacies. It was Al Gore's 2000 acceptance speech that relaunched his candidacy and nearly saved… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
In the tissues generally, and in such a cavity as the abdomen, the pressure is everywhere and practically always very nearly atmospheric,… — August Krogh Copy Share Image
When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water, we begin to… — C. V. Raman Copy Share Image
Kuwait City is not gorgeous, actually, but it's got a kind of Epcot Center thing going for it. It's not pretty. But… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
