The one public system in which America goes out of its way to provide services to African-Americans is prison. — Nicholas Kristof Copy Share Image
Medicine may be the lens through which I see the world, but since I think of medicine as 'life +', a place… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
They weren't interested in entertainment. They were tough. I learned one trick, which was to be quieter than they were until they… — Judy Holliday Copy Share Image
I follow politics in a big way, and always have since I was a kid. I've got opinions, but they're opinions on… — Sir Mix-a-Lot Copy Share Image
I knew many Marines had done brave deeds that no one saw and for which they got no medals at all. I… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
When holiness is achieved by conforming to God's will, one knows intuitively that which is wrong and that which is right before… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
The eyes of some persons are large, others small, and others of a moderate size; the last-mentioned are the best. And some… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I was born into a profession in which my love of words, chosen with care for their meaning and nuance, was extremely… — Francesco Quinn Copy Share Image
In thus pointing out certain respects in which philosophy resembles literature more than science, I do not mean, of course, to imply… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurship is seen as if you're in Silicon Valley or New York City and starting an app business or a social-media business,… — Hamdi Ulukaya Copy Share Image
Pink is my go-to color, which is why I have had my hair pink for years, on and off. — Jeffree Star Copy Share Image
One of the fundamental characteristics of striated muscle, and the one involving the greatest difficulty in investigation, is the great rapidity with… — Archibald Hill Copy Share Image
Today, in 2011, if you go and buy a color laser printer from any major laser printer manufacturer and print a page,… — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
'Mullygrubber' is an Australian term which means something that creeps along the ground; it's like a little grub. — Richie Benaud Copy Share Image
But what has America to boast? What are the graces or the virtues which distinguish its inhabitants? What are their triumphs in… — Thomas Day Copy Share Image
In my day, MI6 - which I called the Circus in the books - stank of wartime nostalgia. People were defined by… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
I think English punk died in '79 or '80. Maybe '82 at the latest. As far as American punk goes, it wasn't… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I love the Wendy Syred boutique in Taunton. She has fantastic off-the-wall stuff, such as Vivienne Westwood. And I always have huge… — Kate O'Mara Copy Share Image
As a governor, I've signed virtually every kind of pro-life legislation that we can sign under existing federal law, none of which… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
Often, I find it really hard to see what I'm doing when I'm in the thick of things. I can get too… — Cecily Brown Copy Share Image
I used to hunt as a child but gave up the chase in my 'Ho Ho Ho Chi-Minh, we shall fight and… — Jonathan Dimbleby Copy Share Image
My go-to source for beans is Rancho Gordo, which cultivates heirloom beans and offers resources and recipes. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
Of course we had the best possible classical education, which gave us a very strong foundation and tradition. But we also learned… — Luka Sulic Copy Share Image
People look at me as sort of a diplomat for Turkey, which by nature, I'm not; I don't want to be. It's… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The golf ball has no sense at all, which is why it has to be given stern lectures constantly, especially during the… — Dan Jenkins Copy Share Image
In my garden, which is a big garden, I have one part that is my bird garden, and every morning, 365 days… — Barbara Mandrell Copy Share Image
America's experience, like many others, teaches us that fostering entrepreneurship is not just about crafting the right economic policy or developing the… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
I have a career, which is important, but my family is the priority. First family, and then career. It's a delicate balance. — Jimmy Cliff Copy Share Image
Several years ago, when I was about to start a novel, I thought I might get some mileage out of the idea… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
I always believed in animal spirits. It's not their existence that is new. It's the fact that they are not random events,… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Rightly or wrongly, the Victorian considered that there were certain subjects which were not meet for inter-sexual discussion, just as they held… — E. F. Benson Copy Share Image
I think we were colonized by aliens 250,000 years ago, and they genetically altered our DNA to be primates into homo erectus… — Al Jourgensen Copy Share Image
I didn't do plays at school, because I didn't have the confidence. At 14, I was at boarding school in Devon and… — Joseph Mawle Copy Share Image
Being no bigot myself to any mode of worship, I am disposed to endulge the professors of Christianity in the church, that… — George Washington Copy Share Image
So, I was offered this job to come down there but first it was suggested that I take a trip around the… — Ben Shahn Copy Share Image
I get nervous all the time. The only time I'm not nervous is onstage, which is weird. — Pete Davidson Copy Share Image
I believe in collaboration, which is why I work with others to make positive contributions of consequence, and why I have made… — Cliff Curtis Copy Share Image
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