The Gods in bounty work up storms about us, that give mankind occasion to exert their hidden strength, and throw our into… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
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If, on a rare occasion, it is necessary to speak with some severity in order to make a grievous crime felt, we… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
There's been someone up here screaming 'Landslide' for the whole show... Normally we don't play 'Landslide,' but on occasion we've been known… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
A meal, however simple, is a moment of intersection. It is at once the most basic, the most fundamental, of our life's… — Elise M. Boulding Copy Share Image
If we suffer persecution and affliction in a right manner, we attain a larger measure of conformity to Christ, by a due… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
The consequences of war are dire, the sacrifices immeasurable. We may have occasion in our lifetime to once again rise up in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
He had a tremendous propensity for getting lost when driving. This was largely because of his method of “Zen” navigation, which was… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Planted by your care? No! Your oppression planted them in America... nourished by your indulgence? They grew by your neglect of them...… — Isaac Barre Copy Share Image
On rare occasions, Dad used to reminisce about when he met Eisenhower and how Churchill would pop in, in the late hours… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
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Andrew Breitbart, self-described media mogul, had several screws loose or missing and was the grinning bomb-thrower of the radical right. He was… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
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Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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As the years progress one increasingly realises the importance of friendship and human solidarity. And if a 90-year-old may offer some unsolicited… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
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Traveling provides occasions for shaking oneself up but not, as people believe, freedom. Indeed it involves a kind of reduction: deprived of… — Nicolas Bouvier Copy Share Image
Who aspires to remain leader must keep in advance of his column. His fear must not play traitor to his occasions. The… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
God requireth not a uniformity of religion to be enacted in any civil state; which enforced uniformity (sooner or later) is the… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
my good qualities are under your protection, and you are to exaggerate them as much as possible; and, in return, it belongs… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I am sure that no one coming to this ceremony expected a High Court judge to use the occasion to talk about… — Michael Kirby Copy Share Image
Bathsheba loved Troy in the way that only self-reliant women love when they abandon their self-reliance. When a strong woman recklessly throws… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
In art, in taste, in life, in speech, you decide from feeling, and not from reason ... If we were obliged to… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
It may...be judged indecent in me to come forward on this occasion; but when I see a fellow-creature about to perish through… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are establishment Republicans who think Ted Cruz is not a likable guy. I don't understand that. I've had occasion to meet… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I'll smoke weed occasionally, on special occasions like a movie night or something. I like to drink beer but whenever it comes… — Christofer Drew Copy Share Image
People don't understand it, but the most intense occasions in the House of Commons were the ones I enjoyed most. When events… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
I have had the occasion of coming into money and spending some recklessly, like on a purse. At this point, shopping and… — Michelle Tea Copy Share Image
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