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Sociologists have frequently observed that governments use punishment primarily as a tool of social control, and thus the extent or severity of punishment is often… — Michelle Alexander
In my job, whenever I delivered a presentation I would rehearse several times before the actual event. In sport, it is important to be equally… — Keeth Smart
Our society on a whole is trained to see young women. There are proportionally far more of them on magazine covers, on TV, and in… — Victoria Moran
The relative ease of most driving lures us into thinking we can get away with doing other things. Indeed, those other things, like listening to… — Tom Vanderbilt
We repose too much upon the actual, when we should be seeking to develop the possibilities of our being. It is true of nearly all… — Christian Nestell Bovee
It's the questions we ask, the journey we take to get to where we are going that is more important than the actual answer. — Charles de Lint
There are dozens of writings outside of the Bible that verify the historical accuracy of many of the names of people, places, and events mentioned… — Charlie Campbell
[I]t is necessary to insist upon this extraordinary but undeniable fact: experimental science has progressed thanks in great part to the work of men astoundingly… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
How is the mind which functions on knowledge how is the brain which is recording all the time to end, to see the importance of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
It has been the resolution of mankind in all ages of the world. No people, no age, ever threw away the fruits of past wisdom,… — William Hazlitt
Congress shall never disarm any citizen unless such as are or have been in actual rebellion. — James Madison
I think it's cultural racism more than anything, which dovetails with actual racism, but the cultural racism to me is even more shocking. — Hilton Als
Even a dream as inspiration doesn't mean anything unless you then find that it's sparked an actual story with a plot. — Jeff VanderMeer
What I envy about musicians is, they have this more direct relationship with the audience. They don't have to go through words. Sure, the lyrics… — Jeff VanderMeer
First the movie, the actual playing of the role and trying to deliver what everybody wanted. Then, when the film came out, there was instant… — Dolph Lundgren
I'm a cook, and I'm like, "a dash of this, a pinch of that." I cook with a lot of passion and instinct. So that's… — Eva Longoria
People associate clothes with actual behavior, and it's kind of crazy. If you get shot in some Levi's you don't go after Levi's. It's not… — Ice Cube
Sometimes when you're making songs you just make sounds, and the sounds slowly mutate and evolve into actual words that have meaning. — Tom Waits
Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum. — Al Franken
In actual life I am a grumpy old bag. — Dawn French
If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual… — Sigmund Freud
However much some journalists may criticize me, I know that I look, feel, and behave several decades younger than my actual age, and much of… — Joan Collins
Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself. — Mason Cooley
The Democrats have no actual policy proposals of their own unless constant carping counts as a policy. — Ann Coulter
I have actual acting scars. — Benedict Cumberbatch

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