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They were not friends. They didn't know each other. It struck Tom like a horrible truth, true for all time, true for… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
If I can show that a woman can run 26 miles, and run it well -- stride for stride with the men… — Bobbi Gibb Copy Share Image
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summer, after all, is a time when wonderful things can happen to quiet people. for those few months, you’re not required to… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
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In my life, I think I have had more than two hundred significant breakthroughs that exponentially accelerated my life forward. However, each… — Mark Goulston Copy Share Image
Archaeology, I found, comprehended all manner of excitement and achievement. Adventure is coupled with bookish toil. Romantic excursions go hand in hand… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We got rich by violating one of the central tenets of economics: thou shall not sell off your capital and call it… — Kalle Lasn Copy Share Image
Perhaps it has been too uncomfortable for those with vested interests to acknowledge, but we have spent the best part of the… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
Too often in the past, our Armed Forces have returned to Canada from their trials with little fanfare. Not so today. Canadians… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
Widge can see the past." Poppet says suddenly. "That's why his stories are so good." "The past is easier," Widget says. "It's… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
I did not share the enthusiasm of certain politicians for the National Front leader, it was because I had noticed, in the… — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Copy Share Image
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I write to relieve an intellectual itch. I stumble across a hitherto neglected set of events, transformations, characters, or source materials from… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
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My only general rule was to steer away from things I played with the band over the past couple of tours. I… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
What's the greatest enemy of Christianity to-day? Frozen meat. In the past only members of the upper classes were thoroughly sceptical, despairing,… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
We have in us an innate feeling that gives us a sense if something isn't right. But it's really tricky. I've had… — Raye Copy Share Image
“Stop focusing on your past mistakes. Don’t be ashamed of the things that you’ve done. We ALL have made mistakes. Don’t you… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
It is time, therefore, to abandon the superstition that natural science cannot be regarded as logically respectable until philosophers have solved the… — A.J. Ayer Copy Share Image
But even after the first week, when Hart got out of the presidential race because of the Washington Post's threat to reveal… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Reflecting on the past, where the film industry became united with 'national interest' and 'national policy,' I tend to think that keeping… — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
In the past, I've always written about my experiences, and people related to that, but there's a lot of other things that… — Cassadee Pope Copy Share Image
Republicans who oppose Obamacare have a responsibility to show that they can do better - not return us to the days when… — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
The lessons of the past suggest that racism and resentment against people of color will continue to flourish in America as long… — Susan L. Taylor Copy Share Image
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I've found in the past that the more closely I identify with the heroine, the less completely she emerges as a person.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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