Until quite recently I've been wholly cut off from [the Shias] because their tenets forbid them to look upon an unveiled woman… — Gertrude Bell Copy Share Image
Never, however, do I take shortcuts. There is not path of least resistance in my training. What I do equates to hard… — Dean Karnazes Copy Share Image
The humbleness of a warrior is not the humbleness of the beggar. The warrior lowers his head to no one, but at… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
If you believe that God overrules all things for good, and only permits apparently evil happenings for good and the achievement of… — Henry Thomas Hamblin Copy Share Image
Our policy is simple: We are not going to betray our friends, reward the enemies of freedom, or permit fear and retreat… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It is one of the great ironies of corporate control that the corporate state needs the abilities of intellectuals to maintain power,… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
The tests of life are to make, not break us. Trouble may demolish a man's business but build up his character. The… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
...More important than the deficit, more important then healthcare-more important than anything-we have got to do something about our energy strategy. Because… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
There are things about organized religion which I resent. Christ is revered as the Prince of Peace, but more blood has been… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
But nobody else ever romped with White Fang. He did not permit it. He stood on his dignity, and when they attempted… — Jack London Copy Share Image
The sacred rites, although not instituted specifically for proving the truth of the dogmas of the Catholic Faith incontrovertibly, are effectively the… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
It is unheard-of, uncivilized barbarism that any woman should still be forced to bear such monstrous torture. It should be remedied. It… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
Because they claim to be concerned with the welfare of whole societies, governments arrogate to themselves the right to pass off as… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
In the larger scheme of things, God has commonly effected this purifying by revival or judgement. Strange though it may seem, there… — Arthur Wallis Copy Share Image
Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theater and learn to become 'stage-worthy.' We learn… — Viola Spolin Copy Share Image
I think we have to reflect on a treaty change that would permit more than surveillance, with recommendations and appropriate sanctions. When… — Jean-Claude Trichet Copy Share Image
Surely the fates are forever kind, though Nature's laws are more immutable than any despot's, yet to man's daily life they rarelyseem… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If I had the choice now, I'd make New Jersey a state where you can have a shall issue on conceal and… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
Much as we do not permit convicted pedophiles to teach kindergarten or convicted hijackers to board airplanes, common sense dictates that individuals… — Jacob M. Appel Copy Share Image
This-this was what made life: a moment of quiet, the water falling in the fountain, the girl's voice. . . a moment… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Why is discipline important? Discipline teaches us to operate by principle rather than desire. Saying no to our impulses (even the ones… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If it wasn't a chaotic scene, if it was an orderly evacuation, we would be able to give you specifics about what… — David Catania Copy Share Image
In our Richmond there is much fanaticism, but chiefly among the women. They have their night meetings and prayer parties, where, attended… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The United States has weakened itself with Iraq; Iranians feel victorious - they feel capable of filling the void. I think from… — Trita Parsi Copy Share Image
Reform immigration to make it easy for individuals to come over here, be documented, pay taxes - immigration reform is needed to… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
More to the point, I know why soldiers, home from war, seldom tell their families about their exploits in more than general… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
No science of any kind can be divorced from ethical considerations... Science is a human learning process which arises in certain subcultures… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Unless you're trying to make a movie on the sly, there's no way to get around this. If you want to use… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
My son Bill, who came to me in 1960-he was 14 then, quoted the old parable to me: "It is not by… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
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Life expects of you duties which appear repugnant to you. You must now know that the most important thing is not duties… — Stig Dagerman Copy Share Image
People ask me what makes a great skier. It takes the gift; but besides the gift it takes all the availability of… — Jean-Claude Killy Copy Share Image
The essence nature of the Brahmin is an urge to know the truth...the true Brahmin pursues truth at all costs and will… — Robert S. de Ropp Copy Share Image
The connectedness of things is what the educator contemplates to the limit of his capacity. No human capacity is great enough to… — Mark Van Doren Copy Share Image
Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
A national security letter cannot be used to authorize eavesdropping or to read the contents of e-mail. But it does permit investigators… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
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