Now the trumpet summons us again - not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Is there an aesthetic "fit" in my work between God and the world? The "I' in my poems has from the beginning… — Lawrence Joseph Copy Share Image
My hope emerges from those places of struggle where I witness individuals positively transforming their lives and the world around them. Educating… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I always feel I am in the dark. You are never finished… it is not as if you can look back and… — Ben Whishaw Copy Share Image
We've forgotten much. How to struggle, how to rise to dizzy heights and sink to unparalleled depths. We no longer aspire to… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
“It means everything has always been easy for you. You’re handsome, intelligent, you have a family who loves you and women who… — Emma Chase Copy Share Image
To the non-combatants and those on the periphery of action, the war meant only boredom or occasional excitement, but to those who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Women, I believe, search for fellow beings who have faced similar struggles, conveyed them in ways a reader can transform into her… — Carolyn Heilbrun Copy Share Image
I love to read long books. I enjoy experiencing that extension. But it's not something I feel comfortable with and not something… — Shane McCrae Copy Share Image
If my son came to me years from now and told me, 'I'm gay,' I'd say, 'That's wonderful. I'm so glad you… — Vivienne Ming Copy Share Image
Society ... is nothing more than the war of a thousand petty opposed interests, an eternal strife of all the vanities, which,… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
Power and those in control concede nothing ... without a demand. Hey never have and never will... Each and every one of… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
It can sometimes be a hearbreaking struggle for us to arrive at a place where we are no longer afraid of the… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
“If it supports the liberation struggle of Black people then it is good. If it is in opposition to the liberation struggle… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“that the biggest part of the struggle as a child is about trying to believe you are not the monster you are… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
The enormous success of 2009's 'The Blind Side,' in which Sandra Bullock makes a black teenager one of the family, demonstrates that… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
I think what we need is goodwill because now our struggle is harder because it is an economic struggle. And now Europe… — Ousmane Sembene Copy Share Image
I love Europe, but we are still struggling with that kind of development. First of all, we don't have a smart conversation… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
She loved Bram in a clear-eyed way she’d never loved her ex-husband, no rose-colored glasses or mindless giddiness, no Cinderella fantasies or… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
Fanon calls his ideology a new humanism, not only in contrast to the elite humanism of the West, but also on the… — Nigel Gibson Copy Share Image
In order to handle emotional pain I cry. I vent. I zone out in front of the TV to escape. Then, after… — Trista Sutter Copy Share Image
Around us, life bursts with miracles--a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops. If… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There must be no bloodshed, no violence unless it is defensive, no coercion! We must do it our way and our way… — F. Paul Wilson Copy Share Image
A hard-fought, well-fought, hairline-close game is as classical in sports as tragedy is in the theater. Victory is contained within defeat, and… — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
“In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as Pride. Disguise it, struggle with it,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Every morning during meditation, I prepare myself for the whole day's struggle. Holy Communion assures me that I will win the victory;… — Mary Faustina Kowalska Copy Share Image
A well-chosen complication should give you choices. Juggling choices for your characters is what makes writing fun, after all. If you discover… — Monica Wood Copy Share Image
People who reject transcendent authority can no longer persuade one another through rational arguments; everything is reduced to personal opinion. Debates about… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
My favourite character in fiction was probably either James from 'James and the Giant Peach' or Ender from 'Ender's Game.' They were… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
The schools that suffer are the schools in, in poor neighborhoods. They are the neighborhoods with the greatest need, with the parents… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I have spoken about what we can do as citizens, what we can do as a responsive citizenry, and this is where… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
Che Guevara taught us we could dare to have confidence in ourselves, confidence in our abilities. He instilled in us the conviction… — Thomas Sankara Copy Share Image
I'm married to the street; I ain't gonna switch over. I ain't gonna go religion on nobody. I believe in God -… — Trick Daddy Copy Share Image
I was just at a point where waking up every day was a struggle. Coming out of every training session and wanting… — Stephanie Labbe Copy Share Image
I would like to suggest that our minds are swamped by too much study and by too much matter just as plants… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
What is the influence of Sun Tzu in the world today? Perhaps there are others who are better qualified than I to… — William J. Duiker Copy Share Image
A lot of readers and a lot of editors had a story problem with Oracle, in that she made for such an… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
When I walk around New York now, there are so many ghosts. I find it very uncomfortable. There were many hard years,… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
No doubt, the White House thinks the American people know Obama's story. But since the Inauguration, we've seen only the president's present:… — Dee Dee Myers Copy Share Image
