In contrast to the asexual chasteness of official communist art , Nazi art is both prurient and idealizing. A utopian aesthetics (physical… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Taking down the Christmas tree makes it feel official: time to get back to joyless and cynical. — Greg Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
Individuals have rights and there are things no person or group may do to them (without violating their rights). So strong and… — Robert Nozick Copy Share Image
I was discharged from the army for idiocy and officially certified by a special commission as an idiot. I'm an official idiot. — Jaroslav Hašek Copy Share Image
Choosing beauty over content (or choosing beauty as content) is always an act of sedition. If we accept the cant of official… — Dave Hickey Copy Share Image
It would take little more than $50 billion to raise every poor person above the official poverty line, yet the percentage of… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
When elected officials abandon our environment and ruin our natural resources, public health is endangered. I know the importance of providing a… — Gwen Moore Copy Share Image
White House officials acknowledge in broad terms that a president's time and public rhetoric are among his most valuable policy tools. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
There is something about permanent military occupation which seems to confine a man's scope and limit his opportunities; and after he has… — John Monash Copy Share Image
There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I remember, when I was writing 'Traffic,' talking to top federal drug-enforcement officials and having them say they read it and found… — Stephen Gaghan Copy Share Image
I've addressed this before, and I'll say it again: The league has to take a long, hard look at full-time officials. The… — Ron Jaworski Copy Share Image
I remember my very first encounter with Japan. At that time, I was Deputy Mayor of St Petersburg. Out of nowhere, Japan's… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
In order to get around the $500 cap, it's common knowledge that either potential candidates or public officials simply create these organizations,… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
The Yeas are relatively uniform. They view [Bob] Dylan as one of the greatest artists of his or any era, who deserves… — David Bennun Copy Share Image
I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
President Bush, Secretary of State Rice, and several cabinet level officials have visited Alabama's Gulf Coast in recent days to tour the… — Jo Bonner Copy Share Image
...(W)e lose when by official policy or by official negligence we allow, confuse or encourage our soldiers to forget . . .… — John McCain Copy Share Image
The bottom line is this: Peace will come to Israel and the Middle East only when the Israeli government is willing to… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Every two years, one of the most hotly contested elections in Texas is the poll taken among members of the capitol press… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Postal officials say that before Christmas they receive tons of letters written to Santa Claus, but after Christmas how few letters of… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
The difference between de jure and de facto segregation is the difference between open, forthright bigotry and the shamefaced kind that works… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
If taxpayers want better results from Congress, they must stop paying their elected officials for failure. After all, you get what you… — Jim Cooper Copy Share Image
High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I argued that the Bush administration, and the Coalition officials more recently, didn't understand Iraqi society. They thought it was a blank… — Juan Cole Copy Share Image
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