If the poem is so moving that even if you have no experience in that particular setting be it 1920's Harlem let's… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
People don't simply wake up one day and commit genocide. They start by setting themselves apart from others, diminishing the stature of… — Michael Newdow Copy Share Image
There's such a crazy social expectation now that we put on ourselves and on each other about what motherhood is supposed to… — Kathryn Hahn Copy Share Image
Views of women, on one side, as inwardly directed toward home and family and notions of men, on the other, as outwardly… — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Copy Share Image
The last jobs I had were fixing cars and covering football games for a local access tv station. As in driving the… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
I can now state that I have succeeded in operating a motive device by means of [cosmic rays]. I will tell you… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Because in traditional Hindu culture menstruation is associated with a variety of social taboos, prolonged menstrual bleeding produced conflicts within families. The… — Ruth Simmons Copy Share Image
A fad or heresy is the exaltation of something which even if true, is secondary or temporary in its nature against those… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I think for most actors, because we sort of have to tell ourselves this, we always say, 'Oh, it doesn't mean anything… — Mary Elizabeth Winstead Copy Share Image
While I was drawn to the Renaissance, my first (unpublished) novels took place in modern times. When the subject of alchemy started… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
What I find interesting and heartening, though, is that there does seem to be a shift in the subject matter being written… — Laurie Foos Copy Share Image
Leadership is about setting a direction. It's about creating a vision, empowering and inspiring people to want to achieve the vision, and… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
Each of us has an inner thermostat setting that determines how much love, success, and creativity we allow ourselves to enjoy. When… — Gay Hendricks Copy Share Image
I had always been an overachiever, so I felt I could just "wing it," reasoning that if I don't set clear, written… — Edwina Findley Copy Share Image
Christ's whole life on earth was the assertion and example of true manliness — the setting forth in living act and word… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
Speech, originally, was the device whereby Man learned, imperfectly, to transmit the thoughts and emotions of his mind. By setting up arbitrary… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
'Elections have consequences,' President Obama said, setting his new policy agenda just three days after taking office in 2009. Three elections later,… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
Our culture has few taboos that can't be violated, and our establishment has largely given up on setting standards in the first… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
Crossing over mountains, rivers, arid oceans, setting at naught, as it were, the obstacles of the distance of space and time, the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
When I illustrate a cover or a book, I draw upon what the author tells me; that's how I see my responsibility… — Mary GrandPre Copy Share Image
I was really, really, really nervous when I got this role because I did feel it was important to make Alice [Cullen]… — Ashley Greene Copy Share Image
Do not dismayed daughters, at the number of things which you have to consider before setting out on this divine journey, which… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Your mission in life is to have a "why" to live for, to use your best qualities in the service of the… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
My mother taught me the principles of hard work, setting my own goals and visualizing my future. From my early days with… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
The question is not, could Utah compete week in and week out in the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, whatever, .. The question… — Craig Thompson Copy Share Image
There are five kinds of incendiary attack: The first is called setting fire to personnel; the second, to stores; the third, to… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice as large… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Usually I don't think much in terms of interesting sounds. Although I think I want to get one of those whammy pedals,… — Mike Gordon Copy Share Image
The notion that most people want black-robed judges, well-dressed lawyers and fine-paneled courtrooms as the setting to resolve their disputes is not… — Warren E. Burger Copy Share Image
If you try to improve the performance of a system of people, machines, and procedures by setting numerical goals for the improvement… — Myron Tribus Copy Share Image
It’s also true that I might have never made Taxi Driver [1976] were it not for the success of Alice [Doesn’t Live… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. You… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
In the military we also learn principles of war which also work in a corporate setting: How do you concentrate as much… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Avoiding any of the tenets of amateurism, after all, certainly does not make you a good professional. Perhaps it is better to… — Edward Smith Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is contributing to American society's misogyny and racism, hyper-sexuality anti-Black representations. Hip-Hop isn't setting the standard for misogyny. No one reduces… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
Progressives must not portray all abortions as tragedies. . . Senator Hillary Clinton, in a 2005 speech commendable for setting forth a… — Dawn Johnsen Copy Share Image
For early plays of mine, I started with character. But I think that's because I hadn't been in theaters; I hadn't worked… — Annie Baker Copy Share Image
WEATHER, n. The climate of an hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
So before I start work on a book, I'm like a pregnant mole - I obsessively tidy and order my closets and… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
Blessed is he who like Joshua (cf. Josh. 10:12-13) keeps the Sun of righteousness from setting in himself throughout the whole day… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image