Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to balance it against the altruism to… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I went West and took part in the strike of the machinists - the Southern Pacific Railroad, the corporation that swung California… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Well, my mother, she made me apply for a school where I was supposed to learn how to type. She said, well,… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share Image
A certain excess of animal spirits with thoughtless good-humor will often make more enemies than the most deliberate spite and ill-nature, which… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Perhaps blue, red, and yellow strike the mind more forcibly from there not being any great union between them, as martial music,… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
Nothing is so beautiful as spring- When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush's eggs look little low heavens,… — Gerard Manley Hopkins Copy Share Image
Tommy moved on. "Lash, your people have been oppressed for hundreds of years. It's time to strike back. Look, you don't have… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
It is said by Bush men and women that we fought (the Iraq War) to strike against terrorism - except that Iraq… — Leonard Pitts Copy Share Image
Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible; and when you strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit… — Stonewall Jackson Copy Share Image
In the 1970s in New York, everyone slept till noon. It was a grungy, dangerous, bankrupt city without normal services most of… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
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I was surprised to learn that doing household chores qualifies as romantic for most of you [women]. That's exactly why you should… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
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Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign, unlike any other we have ever seen. It may include dramatic strikes,… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
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No man can lead a public career really worth leading, no man can act with rugged independence in serious crises, nor strike… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
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The inclination to believe in the fantastic may strike some as a failure in logic, or gullibility, but it’s really a gift.… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
Resentments, carried too far, expose us to a fate analogous to that of the fish-hawk, when he strikes his talons too deep… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Time is the nervous system of narration, whether factual or fictive. If it gets confused some of the minutiae of human nature… — Glenway Wescott Copy Share Image
I came to believe that actually [Louis] Brandeis tended to uphold laws that he liked and strike down those that he didn't,… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
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The principal House sponsor (of the Defense of Marriage Act), Bob Barr of Georgia has been married three times--which raises the question… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
A minister of Jesus Christ should not be regardless of his attitude. If he is the representative of Jesus Christ, his deportment,… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
The very purpose of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution is to protect minority rights against majority voters. Every court decision… — David Boies Copy Share Image
I love the fact that we are surrounded by this spectacular natural beauty that routinely strikes us dead. Hikers walk off into… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
We oppose and abhor the damnable practice of wholesale abortion and every other unholy and impure act which strikes at the very… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
If you grow a garden you are going to shed some sweat, and you are going to spend some time bent over;… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
[T]he strike is inherently dangerous to the rich, and to the corporations who have brought this country to her knees, because it… — Keith Olbermann Copy Share Image
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But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such ideals, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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![“Well, my mother, she made me apply for a school where I was supposed to learn how to type. She said, well, instead of going to demonstrate she should at least [learn], because, everything was on strike. So we had to learn something in the meantime.” quote by Isabelle Huppert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06b/isabelle-huppert-9895_education_well-my-mother-she-made-me-apply-for-a-s_1877274.jpg)
![“I was surprised to learn that doing household chores qualifies as romantic for most of you [women]. That's exactly why you should never hire a butler if you strike it rich - the minute that Jeeves starts unloading the dishwasher without being asked, your wife is going to start humping his leg.” quote by Scott Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71d/scott-adams-666_butlers_i-was-surprised-to-learn-that-doing-hous_392613.jpg)
![“I came to believe that actually [Louis] Brandeis tended to uphold laws that he liked and strike down those that he didn't, generally strike down centralizing federal agencies in the New Deal, and uphold state economic experimentation.” quote by Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/jeffrey-rosen-13180_agency_i-came-to-believe-that-actually-louis-br_2995621.jpg)
![“[T]he strike is inherently dangerous to the rich, and to the corporations who have brought this country to her knees, because it is the only defense the ordinary citizen has.” quote by Keith Olbermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/keith-olbermann-10325_citizens_t-he-strike-is-inherently-dangerous-to-t_2693100.jpg)
