Funny how the world always praises its opera-singers so much and pays 'em so well and then starves its shoemakers, and yet… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
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There is something about human nature that just doesn't want to face the reality that we live in two worlds. We live… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
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“Across the hillside, above the chaos of Montfort’s left flank, a scarlet banner was raised by Edward’s men, the dragon at its… — Robyn Young Copy Share Image
Dad wouldn't let me fool with his guitar much, because I'm left-handed, and I'd pick it up upside down. But I remember… — Don Everly Copy Share Image
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Together, we can make ourselves a nation that spends more on books than on bombs, more on hospitals than the terrible tools… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
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This Iraq war has been the most "privatized" war in America's history. It has seen the most extensive use of contractors. The… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
“SR: "We are talking of a world war." AQ: "And that makes you sweat, son?" SR: "Heavens, man! Doesn't it you?" AQ:… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
If George W. Bush really has the courage of his convictions the United States very soon will either wind up dominating the… — Lyn Nofziger Copy Share Image
It is difficult for Iranian scholars and universities to retain their independence and to be seen as doing so, when cultural warfare… — Mohammad Marandi Copy Share Image
Lincoln's address at Gettysburg - 272 words dedicating a cemetery at the site of one of the Civil War's bloodiest battles -… — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
“if I am forced to use a sword in combat, I just swing it around like a baseball bat while screaming, at… — It Books Copy Share Image
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I'm of Russian-Jewish background. Like many Soviet Jews, my parents were engineers. My family migrated from Ukraine to Israel when I was… — Sasha Roiz Copy Share Image
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There are few historians who would challenge the fact that the funding of World War I, World War II, the Korean War,… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
Lyndon Johnson is not a comfortable model for President Obama to imitate. He is an all-but-forgotten president - pilloried for the failed… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
“Now the valley cried with anger, "Mount your horses draw your sword." And they killed the mountain people, so they won their… — Dennis Lambert Copy Share Image
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“I am the last of the Kerluhm. The Ifayle, who heeded our first summons, are all but destroyed. Those few that remain… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
To secede from the Union and set up another government would cause war. If you go to war with the United States,… — Sam Houston Copy Share Image
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The fact that we became a nation and immediately separated church and state - it has saved us from all the misery… — Dumas Malone Copy Share Image
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