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Sometimes, a flame can be utterly extinguished. Sometimes, a flame can shrink and waver, but sometimes a flame refuses to go out.… — Karen Hesse Copy Share Image
The reason welfare is bad is not because it costs too much, nor because it "undermines the work ethic," but because it… — Charles A. Murray Copy Share Image
“Let's just go in and enjoy ourselves,' Yvonne had said after a long moment when the Hitchens family had silently reviewed the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
With my history, unfortunately, with my family suffering through gun violence, it's something that I feel passionately about, that even though the… — Carolyn McCarthy Copy Share Image
So you're six years old, you're reading 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarves,' and it becomes rapidly obvious that there are only… — Emily Levine Copy Share Image
My greatest inspiration is my mother, the bravest person I ever knew. She overcame incredible odds, worked while raising two kids, and… — Safra A. Catz Copy Share Image
Historically, the stock market is like a gambling casino with the odds in your favor. Over the long pull, stocks are given… — Burton Malkiel Copy Share Image
O joy of suffering! To struggle against great odds! to meet enemies undaunted! To be entirely alone with them! to find how… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I agree that you might clone some people who would look amazingly like their parental cell donors, but the odds are that… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
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Embrace opportunities with limited downside, unlimited upside. The best deals are those where your risk of loss is predictable and fixed if… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
I had a chance at him now. Things were a bit more even. He knew my name, I knew his. He had… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
“There is asymmetry. Those who die do so very early in the game, while those who live go on living very long.… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Industriousness and conscientiousness are often at odds, because industriousness wants to pick the still sour fruit from the tree,while conscientiousness lets it… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
At Columbus Circle, a juggler wearing a trench cloak and top hat, who is usually at this location afternoons and who calls… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
Airey Neave's escape from Colditz, quite possibly the most remarkable thing a British politician has ever done, defined his years to come.… — Kemi Badenoch Copy Share Image
Because The Honorable Elijah Muhammad makes black people brave enough, men enough to defend ourselves no matter what the odds are, the… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The Heisenberg principle - If something is closely observed, the odds are it is going to be altered in the process. The… — Bruce Kovner Copy Share Image
As I get older, I'm sort of fascinated with the idea of somebody who could construct an entire persona for themselves -… — Will Arnett Copy Share Image
To write about the monstrous sense of alienation the poet feels in this culture of polarized hatreds is a way of staying… — Maxine Kumin Copy Share Image
The true alpinist doesn't want any infrastructure, he wants to go into the wild. And the odds of getting killed there are… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
Ravka has a very particular identity among the countries of the Grishaverse. It's surrounded by enemies. It has spent hundreds of years… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
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I have always been a critic of government policy. I was in government for more than five years. Before that I was… — Jonathan Moyo Copy Share Image
Like a flash of lightning and in an instant the truth was revealed. I drew with a stick on the sand the… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
In brief, our genetic heritage is at odds with our genetic future. For the first time in human history, the qualities it… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
Loving people, and allowing yourself to be loved, was only worth the risk if the odds were in your favor, but they… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
There will be times when you will be frightened and discouraged. You may feel that you are defeated. The odds of obtaining… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
We have a generation of women who think that they can just have IVF, and everything will be fine. The odds are… — Joanna Coles Copy Share Image
For a dying man it is not a difficult decision [to agree to become the world's first heart transplant] ... because he… — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
As we know from our government, the more power you have, the more of a bureaucrat you are, and the more ego… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
The torch relay is an excellent embodiment of all that the Olympic Games have come to symbolise - a celebration of the… — Lakshmi Mittal Copy Share Image
If you think that people should be nice to one another, then by all means be nice. But when you project that… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
Even though a screenplay is performed only once, unlike other forms of drama, it's still a performance in itself, and unless it's… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
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