Two of my favorite political philosophers, Mao Zedong and Mother Teresa, not often coupled with each other, but the two people that… — Anita Dunn Copy Share Image
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Obviously this is engagement ring city. Couples are wandering along and girls are pointing through the windows and the men are smiling… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
I turn my gaze inward. I fix it there and keep it busy. I look inside myself. I continually observe myself. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Another study, of 38,000 knowledge workers across different sectors, found that the simple act of being interrupted is one of the biggest… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
I have no idea how he knows when I need him. We can go weeks without speaking, and then, when my blue… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
A distinction is made between artists who work directly from nature and those who work purely from imagination. Neither if these methods… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Our struggle to put first things first can be characterized by the contrast between two powerful tools that direct us: the clock… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I've had my ups and downs, and I definitely have a sense - in America, especially - that once you've made your… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Teaching is my most reliable form of human contact. I love the opportunity to speak Spanish (which I don't do at home),… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
Ginny Weasley, who sat next to Colin Creevey in Charms, was distraught, but Harry felt that Fred and George were going the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sexuality is important, but it's certainly not the most interesting or important thing happening to you right now. We live in a… — John Green Copy Share Image
You don't know what you're doing. You're just hoping that people won't make fun of you. I had no idea how it… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
You know; when I look at the night sky and I see this enormous splendor of stars and galaxies, I sometimes ask… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
The Blood She Betrayed is unique, and Shahkara, the character, is one of the most engaging strong female role models I’ve seen… — L. J. Smith Copy Share Image
This is something I learned when I was working at a newspaper: when you put something on paper, whether it's words or… — Brian Michael Bendis Copy Share Image
The people talking on their cell phone and following GPS instructions to where grandma's house is saying I don't need space -… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Every Day Is for the Thief, by turns funny, mournful, and acerbic, offers a portrait of Nigeria in which anger, perhaps the… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Repentance is replete with radical implications for a fundamental change of mind not only turns us from the sinful past, but also… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
At the approach of danger two voices speak with equal force in the heart of man: one very reasonably tells the man… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I've got a lot to download on your mercy and grace. I've always rushed up to You and dumped whatever it was… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
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I could kiss you in the rain forever Turn all your pain to pleasure Fill up all your days with sunlight Make… — Chely Wright Copy Share Image
If you do not know how to lie, cheat, and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
They wanted it because they've got some sort of darkness in them. And maybe because they like pain. Because pain turns them… — Larissa Ione Copy Share Image
If many have their turns to rule, ... this will encourage all men to advance Righteousness and that the Commonwealth will hereby… — Gerrard Winstanley Copy Share Image
Find, if you can, in what you cannot change. Manners with fortunes, humours turn with climes, Tenets with books, and principles with… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
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You seize your freedom in a spirit of rebelliousness, exuberance, defiant joy. But to live that choice -- over the weeks and… — Brian Morton Copy Share Image
Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want. — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Most people wait for the muse to turn up. That's terribly unreliable. I have to sit down and pursue the muse by… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
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There are no events so disastrous that adroit men do not draw some advantage from them, nor any so fortunate that the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The time will come when the work of the physician will not be to treat and attempt to heal the body, but… — Ralph Waldo Trine Copy Share Image
When people want to inspire you to turn against some group of people, they'll often use empathy. — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
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