The cold war was the longest war in United States history. Because of the nuclear capabilities of our enemy it was the… — Harry Reid Copy Share Image
It is about something personal and specific, because when the John McCain campaign in 2008 decided to elevate Sarah Palin from total… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
The glory of ancestors sheds a light around posterity; it allows neither good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity. [Lat., Majorum… — Sallust Copy Share Image
Alexander the Great once said that 'I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity!' What… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
We hear the ambient noise of children singing. We hear lions and tigers roar. Hyenas laugh. Some jungle bird or howler monkey… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I was discovered out of nowhere. I didn't have family that was in the industry. I didn't know anyone in L.A.; I… — Bonnie McKee Copy Share Image
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Only yesterday I was full of worldly fancies, although religion had already some share in my thoughts: glory was still my daydream.… — Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire Copy Share Image
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This idea [standardized time zones] was first advanced and fought for by Sandford Fleming of Canada and Charles F. Dowd of the… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
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Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Speech is highly elliptical. It would scarcely be endurable otherwise. Ellipsis is indispensable to the writer or speaker who wants to be… — Bergen Evans Copy Share Image
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media saturation is probably very destructive to art. New movements get overexposed and exhausted before they have a chance to grow, and… — Joyce Johnson Copy Share Image
You have available to you, right now, a powerful supercomputer. This powerful tool has been used through-out history to take people from… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
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There is nothing wrong with "women's studies" that studying the right women can't cure, but feminist literary scholars have a penchant for… — Florence King Copy Share Image
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