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Of all sports, football seems to be the most sanctioned homosocial opportunity for straight men to be with each other, pat butts,… — Kate Clinton Copy Share Image
After the Second World War, facilitating the establishment of the UN and aiding the reconstruction of Europe, the United States was widely… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
It is the eternal struggle between these two principles - right and wrong. They are the two principles that have stood face… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I simply state that I'm a product of a versatile mind in a restless generation-with every reason to throw my mind and… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“in some old Teutonic and Scandinavian religions and mythologies there is an ideal of the “fated warrior.” This is the champion who… — Wesley Hill Copy Share Image
There is no Constitutional issue here. The command of the Constitution is plain. There is no moral issue. It is wrong -… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
X-Men is not a story about superheroes, but a story about the ongoing revolutionary struggle between good/new and bad/old. The X-Men are… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
Not all Americans are living the American dream by a long shot. Many can't even imagine it. There are impoverished Americans, the… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
Once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through and how you managed to survive. You won't even… — Bernajoy Vaal Copy Share Image
Sometimes the enormity of war overwhelms the truth that all great struggles are just the sum of individual stories. Each is more… — James Carafano Copy Share Image
To emotionally accept impending disaster, to attain the gut-level understanding that the power elite will not respond rationally to the devastation of… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
But as an adult working in the fashion industry, I struggle with materialism. And I'm one of the least materialistic people that… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
The artivist (artist +activist) uses her artistic talents to fight and struggle against injustice and oppression – by any medium necessary. The… — M. K. Asante Copy Share Image
What surprised me was the angst at our democracy. And I understand it - I teach at a university and feel it… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
It took me three, four years, to get from my first film to my second film, banging on doors, trying to get… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
So it's not a thing that's a struggle. It's work, but it's not a struggle. It's fun. And she had a very… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you want something so badly, you get caught up; you lose yourself in that hunger. But then, once it is gone,… — jenna moreci Copy Share Image
At that time when I was struggling with being successful in a financial way, people would say, "You should be very happy.… — Les Wexner Copy Share Image
He says you don't often find angels in places like happy homes and rich people's backyard parties. He says that angels flock… — Carol Plum-Ucci Copy Share Image
My friends started having children after college, while I was pursuing this crazy acting career and living hand to mouth. Plus, all… — Edie Falco Copy Share Image
I'm inspired by struggles. I've been through several really big ones in my life and I'm reminded of how God pulled me… — The Rocket Summer Copy Share Image
it is my conviction that the personality of the writer has nothing to do with the literate product of his mind. And… — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Copy Share Image
But I would emphasize again that social and economic solutions, as such, will not avail to satisfy the aspirations of the people… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
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I think it really changes things when you're able to get married. I mean, the Marriage Equality Act was super important. I… — Kate Pierson Copy Share Image
I feel very fortunate that while I had a little bit of personal panic or maybe a little internal struggle as a… — Andrew Rannells Copy Share Image
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The revolution here is from hierarchical to lateral power. That's the power shift. So increasingly a younger generation that's grown up on… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
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I wouldn't be able to compare 'X Factor' and 'Indian Idol' as I wasn't a judge on the former. But there will… — Anu Malik Copy Share Image
Life is a struggle, you just have to know how to take it, learn from it and move on be grateful to… — Adrian Mendez Copy Share Image
At the heart of my politics has always been the value of community, the belief that we are not merely individuals struggling… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
The culture of suppressing women composers and performers goes centuries back in Germany and other countries. Just think of Fanny Mendelssohn and… — Barbara Harbach Copy Share Image
If the many and the One be indeed the same Reality, then it is not all modes of worship alone, but equally… — Sister Nivedita Copy Share Image
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Iran is an ancient land, home to a proud culture with a rich heritage of learning and progress. The future of Iran… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
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