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Democracy is something America has never really practiced. Because the Founding Fathers hated two things: monarchy and democracy. They wanted a republic,… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
We finally sat down and asked ourselves how much of our lives we wanted to give everybody. We had just given a… — Brian Austin Green Copy Share Image
It was my family that wanted me to be a teacher. That was safe, you see. To be a painter was terrible. — Josef Albers Copy Share Image
Coal is a portable climate. It carries the heat of the tropics to Labrador and the polar circle; and it is the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I, um, I have this problem. I broke up with my boyfriend, you see. And I'm pretty upset about it, so I… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Now I want to live like everybody else. I want to have a wife like everybody else and to take her out… — Gaston Leroux Copy Share Image
You wish for something, you've wanted it for years, and you're sure you want it, as long as you know you can't… — Michael Ende Copy Share Image
Out of the night Hopper came, and Perrin was one with the wolf. Hopper, the cub who had watched the eagles soar,… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
A Dominican monk, Father Henri Didon, used it as a watchword for his pupils in sports at Arcueil College in Paris. Baron… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
[Jack Nicklaus] was the first to bring in course management. He could go to a course and tell you within one stroke… — Lee Trevino Copy Share Image
I've been a feminist since I was a teenager, but originally it was because I wanted to make the world a better… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I wanted to live the inner life of every man I saw, look at the world through his eyes. — Aleksandr Kuprin Copy Share Image
When I started wearing a yarmulke, I wanted to stand out or take the form of whatever was inspiring me. But now… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
The first record I bought was a Carl Perkins record, because I saw him at The Festival at Sandpoint, Idaho. I loved… — Josh Homme Copy Share Image
I kind of wanted someone to rearrange the stars so they spelled out his words. I needed them big and bright, and… — Kiera Cass Copy Share Image
I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing. — John Otto Copy Share Image
When I was little, my parents really only wanted me to be a scientist or a doctor; they had never even heard… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
I used to go to open mics in New York when I was starting out, and it was mostly just people who… — Kristen Schaal Copy Share Image
When I was born, my father wanted to drown me, but my mother persuaded him to let me live in disguise, to… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I asked my date what she wanted to drink. She said, 'Oh, I guess I'll have Champagne.' I said, 'Guess again.' — Slappy White Copy Share Image
I felt stuck in the bottom of a wishing well. I was desperate to shout what I wanted, but I didn’t know… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image