Global security can be formed or threatened by heads of state whose wisdom, folly and obsessions shape global events. But often it… — Michael Hayden Copy Share Image
There are two worlds: the world of the tourist and the world of everyone else. Often they're side by side. But the… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
I didn't have a manifesto. I had some discontent. It seemed to me that midcentury mainstream American science fiction had often been… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
As the brother of a retired law enforcement officer, I know firsthand that our men and women in uniform perform their duties… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
When I write from the point of view of a child or a young person, I am trying to tell the truth… — Michael Cadnum Copy Share Image
I don't like to use writing assignments, exercises. I think too often people get comfortable writing in that vein, but you can't… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Feedback for leaders is often nuanced and difficult to deliver. That said, hearing you are passive-aggressive from 10 different people described 10… — Scott Weiss Copy Share Image
Too often in Washington we tend to see foreign policy as an abstraction, with little understanding of what we are committing our… — Chuck Hagel Copy Share Image
I try not to write jokes that are mean. I try my best to write jokes that are pretty universal and jokes… — Simon Rich Copy Share Image
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I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Money doesnt come for the asking. Often one has to adjust to the whims of ones superiors, to flatter them and to… — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Bullies are often people who are shy and can't make friends easily, so, as the theme of the movie 'A Bronx Tale'… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
In my work you often get an abrupt shift in time, a jolt. But the emotional logic will take the reader on.… — Graham Swift Copy Share Image
People have asked me a lot, 'What comes first? The pictures or the story? The story or the picture?' It's hard to… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
I think a lot of the most interesting work in art and in films are often kind of polarized opinions and affect… — Lily Cole Copy Share Image
It is without doubt that freedoms of the press and speech need to be protected, but there are undisputed limits to these… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
Teaching methods are often inadequate for the goals faculties are trying to achieve. Important courses such as expository writing and foreign languages… — Derek Bok Copy Share Image
Interestingly, one thing I've found that neither women nor men give up on is the idea of men as protectors. Even in… — Hanna Rosin Copy Share Image
My illness is one often characterized by dramatic overspending - in my case through frenzied shopping sprees, credit card abuse, excessive hoarding… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
Women often come up not knowing how to make decisions. We get wishy-washy. We become great wage earners - breadwinners - but… — Jackee Harry Copy Share Image
The Latin American debt that reached crisis levels from 1982 would have been sharply reduced by return of flight capital - in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Losing a parent is a hard thing... I often sit here and think it would be great if mum and dad were… — Wayne Swan Copy Share Image
Many women do not want to venture out into the 'opinion world' until they are certain of themselves, the facts, and that… — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
The greatest benefit of depression is the fact that when I have talked about it, every so often someone comes up and… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Corporate executives often buy or sell shares in their companies, and stocks rarely rise or fall significantly when those transactions are reported. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
With more time I like to see the actors find something of their own places, so I can get their own ideas… — Peter Weir Copy Share Image
Unlike a lot of choreographers, I don't always start with the music. I often start with a visual artist, and then find… — Wayne McGregor Copy Share Image
In a way, the American side descended to Saddam's level, which happens often in these types of circumstances. That is why the… — Dario Fo Copy Share Image
I truly believe that writing is a continuum - so the different genres and forms are simply stops along the same continuum.… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
In summer, my Sundays are often taken up with cricket. I play with a bunch of other over-competitive and overenthusiastic guys who… — Ben Elliot Copy Share Image
I do feel my loved ones that have passed on; I feel them looking over my shoulder... So yeah, that's pretty profound,… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I'm often reassured in a bizarre - perhaps perverse - way when I find in the archive stuff that contradicts what my… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
It is in many circumstances a troubling thing to belong to the advanced class of a backward nation. One surrenders coherence and… — George W. S. Trow Copy Share Image
You know in my own area of Waltham Forest, we've had many murders as a result of the gang violence and often… — Iain Duncan Smith Copy Share Image
Every scene is a challenge. There are technical challenges, but often it's the simplest challenge where you feel a sense of achievement… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
People often assume that the same approach will work for everyone, that the same habits will work for everyone, and that everyone… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
The deaf community is in a favorable position because they have a national theatre and training groups of their own to get… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
Design, whether it's on your body or in your home, is the same thing. It's mixing different colors, different textures, and unexpected… — Blake Lively Copy Share Image
