[Mark] Twain is pointing at you. You, the reader of the book one hundred and thirty years ago and today. That is… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
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“I looked across the street at the National Storytelling Center, which was built a few years ago and brings Jonesborough a limited… — Scott Pratt Copy Share Image
In the death of my son, now more than two years ago, I seem to have lost a beautiful estate,--no more. I… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I was there when Abbe Georges Lemaître first proposed this [Big Bang] theory. ... There is no rational reason to doubt that… — Hannes Alfven Copy Share Image
In the modern languages there was not, six hundred years ago, a single volume which is now read. The library of our… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
I remember, a couple of years ago I was playing my first headline show, and it was to 100 people in St… — Freya Ridings Copy Share Image
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I don't think I'm a witty person. To me, a witty person is a funny person who is also a smart person.… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
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Two thousand years ago, in the Middle East, an event occurred that permanently changed the world. Because of that event, history was… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
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My parents were married my whole life until my father passed away a few years ago. — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
My husband was an Air Force pilot man years ago and recently an Air Force wife thanked me for my service! I… — Robyn Carr Copy Share Image
It would strike me as ridiculous to want to doubt the existence of Napoleon; but if someone doubted the existence of the… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Years and years ago, when I was a boy, when there were wolves in Wales, and birds the color of red-flannel petticoats… — Dylan Thomas Copy Share Image
“1 Cain lifts Crow, that heavy black bird and strikes down Abel. Damn, says Crow, I guess this is just the beginning.… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I decided few years ago to leave the bar to pursue a career in politics because I wanted to make a contribution… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
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I hated history in school. I couldn't understand why one has to learn, what someone did hundred years ago. Battles, speeches, forming… — Shweta Basu Prasad Copy Share Image
Until a few years ago, the topics in my Ph.D. were unfashionable, but they are very popular today. — Benoit Mandelbrot Copy Share Image
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