The United States' poetry emerged when there was a high literacy rate in the United States, even in the 19th century. People… — Eavan Boland Copy Share Image
If we're trying to excite young people about reading, we need to be experiencingbookjoy ourselves so that we have references to make.… — Pat Mora Copy Share Image
Advocates of dumbing down should note the wonderfully perverse fact that 'University Challenge' and 'Mastermind' were watched by millions who could hardly… — Declan Lynch Copy Share Image
Winning slowly is another way of losing. Americans are screwing up our health care system again right now. That's going to cause… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
The fact that millions of people share the same vices does not make these vices virtues, the fact that they share so… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Someone wrote in the New York Times recently that if Donald Trump was allowed to go through with his plans, he'd become… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
People used to think that more population was bad for growth. In this view, people are stomachs - they eat, leaving less… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
A lot of the demonstrations that I do, when I get inside peoples minds, is understanding human behavior and understanding how people… — Criss Angel Copy Share Image
For my family and Howard's partner, who is like family, for 10 years we were in a state of shock. It takes… — Aaron Brookner Copy Share Image
I was on Facebook. I was on MySpace. And somebody said to me, You should check out this thing called Twitter. I… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
People in different cultures think very differently about abortion. Abortion is not seen as a moral problem for example in Sweden or… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
You can't be selective about freedom of speech. If you say you believe in freedom of speech you have to acknowledge the… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
“You know (to adopt the easy or conversational style) that you and I belong to a happy minority. We are the sons… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
Ridiculous that some people feel superior to the gay minority. They're the only couples you'll ever find poking around for ceramics and… — Richard Jeni Copy Share Image
I know it's more five-star now than it was then, but it's still a difficult tour. In the same way as India… — Richie Benaud Copy Share Image
Today, they make films where you have to sit for an hour and a half and watch somebody in the process of… — Ray Harryhausen Copy Share Image
Movies are this thing that came into my life, and it still feels pretend in some way. I kind of do this… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
I was born to a woman I never knew and raised by another who took in orphans. I do not know my… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
When I was training in medicine for example, there was a culture in medicine that strong people didn't need sleep, that the… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
The vast majority of those of Scots lineage living in the Ulster counties in the 18th century had come across, or their… — Tom Devine Copy Share Image
People should think about their closets like they think about a stock portfolio. There are things you want to invest in; you… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
[Richard Avedon's] camera dwells on the horrible things that age can do to people's faces - on the flabby flesh, the slack… — Janet Malcolm Copy Share Image
I think by the next generation either we'll have a lot of idiots who are just completely immersed in media and corporatized… — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
We are fighting so that insults may no longer rule our countries, martyred and scorned for centuries, so that our peoples may… — Amilcar Cabral Copy Share Image
Africa is mystic; it is wild; it is a sweltering inferno; it is a photographer's paradise, a hunter's Valhalla, an escapist's Utopia.… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
I was a lousy academic. I spent most of my time in the cafeteria. But I met fantastic people from all kinds… — Aleksandra Mir Copy Share Image
Some tips for life: 1.Don't be afraid to follow your dreams, unless your dreams are stupid. 2.Be kind to people. 3.Don't get… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
The US is a country [in which] eighty percent of the population thinks the Bible was written by god. About half think… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I definitely caught a lot of backlash in my situation, not just from students but also from faculty, which was unfortunate, given… — Jesse McCartney Copy Share Image
There is a linear way in which black comedians are expected to talk about race by all audiences - black people are… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
There is people who make stuff with words. There is people who make stuff with programs. And I really believe that that… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
We spend a lot of time bickering at great cost, and very little time actually coming up with solutions. And I think… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
My first obligation is to entertain but as far as science fiction goes, it's much easier to comment on today from another… — Andrew Niccol Copy Share Image
I tell people, "It's the hardest thing to explain, but it's the easiest thing to understand." And all anybody really needs to… — Milo Ventimiglia Copy Share Image
The AMA puts the lives and well being of the American citizens well below it's own special interest...It deserves to be ignored,… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
The concept of who your audience is becomes more important than your site. Sometimes you can be commissioned to do a piece… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
I am trying to get folks outside the hip-hop culture to understand why, despite the negatives, young people find hope and refuge… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
If you're born in America with a black skin, you're born in prison, and the masses of black people in America today… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I am an artist, and I understand the pros and cons of being an artist, and the pressures of being an artist,… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
If there are people who feel that God wants them to change the structures of society, that is something between them and… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
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